Monitoring Gorakhpur, Top Officials There, Says Yogi Adityanath

PM Narendra Modi has been briefed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on the deaths of 63 children, including several newborns, in the last five days at a hospital in Gorakhpur and is monitoring the situation, the government said today. The chief of the hospital Baba Raghav Das Medical College has been suspended. The government, however, maintained that no child died because of a lack of oxygen. It has, however, admitted there could be negligence and has ordered an investigation. The Chief Minister, who has represented the district in parliament for nearly 20 years, had visited the state-run hospital on Wednesday.