NHRC asks for factual report from the Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Kerala
New Delhi May 10, 2007
The National Human Rights Commission has sent notice to the Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Kerala asking for a factual report on violation of human rights of the children. Taking suo-motu cognizance of a newspaper report the Commission has said if the contents are true, they raise the serious issue of violation of human rights of the children.
The reports published in the "Deccan Hearld" on 2nd May, 2007 captioned as "Hospital rocked by infants deaths" which said that 23 newborn children at the Government run Sree Avittam Tirunal Hospital for children were found to have died in a month after contracting bacterial infections. The revelation was the outcomes of an inquiry conducted by the paediatric wing of the hospital after it noticed the abnormal number of infants' deaths.
It is further said that 18 of the 23 children died in April due to infection by Klebsiella bacteria and four others from staphylococcus. This has been ascertained by microbiological examination of the children's blood samples.
The Commission has given two weeks time to the Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Kerala for sending a factual report on this issue.
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The National Human Rights Commission has sent notice to the Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Kerala asking for a factual report on violation of human rights of the children. Taking suo-motu cognizance of a newspaper report the Commission has said if the contents are true, they raise the serious issue of violation of human rights of the children.
The reports published in the "Deccan Hearld" on 2nd May, 2007 captioned as "Hospital rocked by infants deaths" which said that 23 newborn children at the Government run Sree Avittam Tirunal Hospital for children were found to have died in a month after contracting bacterial infections. The revelation was the outcomes of an inquiry conducted by the paediatric wing of the hospital after it noticed the abnormal number of infants' deaths.
It is further said that 18 of the 23 children died in April due to infection by Klebsiella bacteria and four others from staphylococcus. This has been ascertained by microbiological examination of the children's blood samples.
The Commission has given two weeks time to the Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Kerala for sending a factual report on this issue.
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