New Delhi, 2 sep (EFE).-the Government of the southern Indian region of Andhra Pradesh today ordered an investigation by the death of eleven babies in two days in a public hospital for alleged negligence, according to sources officers.
Seven babies were killed on Thursday and four more today, all with between one and five days of life, because, supposedly, to an error in the system of administration of oxygen.
The parents stated that the deaths were due to a bug in the tubes of oxygen in the room of Neonatology, according to official sources quoted by the Indian agency IANS.
According to that environment, the head of Government of Andhra Pradesh, Kiran Kumar Reddy, asked two of his ministers in the District of Kurnool, where is located the hospital, they move up to the Medical Center and take action.
The regional health, D.L. Ravindra Reddy, Minister said that a team of experts was sent to Kurnool to clarify the causes of what happened and clarified that they would be taken the appropriate steps if it is proved that the deaths were due to a negligence.
Responsible for the hospital described the deaths of “routine” and declared that the deaths were due to complications at birth.
For agreement with those sources, between six and ten newborn babies die in the hospital on a daily basis due to complications related to his health at birth. EFE
