3 more babies die in Malda, CM sets up task force
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 17.11.11
Malda/Kolkata: Three more babies died in the Malda District Hospital on Wednesday pushing up the death toll to 29 in last eight days. The unabated deaths have prompted the state secretariat to sit up and take note. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who is in charge of the health department, has ordered setting up of a high-level task force to suggest ways to revamp the mother and child care system all over the state.
The task force under pediatrician Abhijit Banerjee will be collecting information on infrastructure and staff in government hospitals and inspecting them, before it submits time-bound remedial measures to bring down infant and maternal mortality rates.
The CM has asked health officials to ensure that no child is left to lie on the hospital floor due to dearth of beds. District magistrate Archana said, “From now, teachers of the Medical College will attend the hospital. Instead of one, the hospital will have three pediatricians at all times.” Principal Dr Debashis Bhattacharya said that stabilization units will be opened in block hospitals.
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