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&lt;em&gt;Some of the parents of 12 children who died over the last two days in a hospital in the Indian city of Calcutta have accused it of negligence.&lt;/em&gt;
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The deaths of the children follows 25 similar &amp;quot;crib deaths&amp;quot; in June.
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Staff at the BC Roy hospital have strongly denied the negligence allegations. They say that the infants were admitted in a critical condition.
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Six babies each died on Tuesday and Wednesday, BC Roy Hospital for Children Superintendent Dilip Kumar Pal told the BBC.
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&amp;quot;We are always trying to improve service and treatment but some deaths are taking place since the babies were brought here at a critical stage,&amp;quot; he said.
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But hospital staff say that that the protesters were outsiders &amp;quot;not known to the affected family&amp;quot; who &amp;quot;tried to foment trouble in the hospital premises&amp;quot;.
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The government of West Bengal ordered an investigation into infant deaths at the hospital in June after some parents alleged that their babies had died because of negligence.
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They say so many children die at the hospital because many are late admissions brought to Calcutta from distant areas after local doctors fail to help them.
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&amp;quot;These infants had a slim chance of survival,&amp;quot; she said.
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Some of the parents of 12 children who died over the last two days in a hospital in the Indian city of Calcutta have accused it of negligence.





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                <div style="text-align: justify">-BBC</div><div style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Some of the parents of 12 children who died over the last two days in a hospital in the Indian city of Calcutta have accused it of negligence.</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The deaths of the children follows 25 similar &quot;crib deaths&quot; in June.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Staff at the BC Roy hospital have strongly denied the negligence allegations. They say that the infants were admitted in a critical condition.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">But correspondents say that the hospital is overcrowded, with many patients having to sleep on the floor.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Six babies each died on Tuesday and Wednesday, BC Roy Hospital for Children Superintendent Dilip Kumar Pal told the BBC.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&quot;We are always trying to improve service and treatment but some deaths are taking place since the babies were brought here at a critical stage,&quot; he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">People claiming to be family members of at least one of the dead infants held a demonstration on Wednesday outside the hospital, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">But hospital staff say that that the protesters were outsiders &quot;not known to the affected family&quot; who &quot;tried to foment trouble in the hospital premises&quot;.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The government of West Bengal ordered an investigation into infant deaths at the hospital in June after some parents alleged that their babies had died because of negligence.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The hospital authorities also denied negligence charges at that time.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">They say so many children die at the hospital because many are late admissions brought to Calcutta from distant areas after local doctors fail to help them.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Correspondents say that the hospital is notoriously overcrowded - even infants and young children are forced to sleep on the floor because of the lack of beds.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">At least 30 children died at the hospital in similar circumstances in 2002.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In a visit to the hospital in July, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that severely underweight babies - many suffering from malnutrition - were often brought there for treatment from remote rural areas.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&quot;These infants had a slim chance of survival,&quot; she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&quot;The equipment here is up to the mark. But the patient load is understandably high since there are no other child care hospitals in the vicinity of Calcutta.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&quot;Beds are being shared by babies and mothers, which is dangerous. This could lead to infants getting infected. We shall set up a new children's hospital in the city,&quot; she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The chief minister said that the &quot;alarming&quot; infant mortality rate in West Bengal - 40,000 infants die there every year - was higher than in other Indian states.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div>               </font>
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Some of the parents of 12 children who died over the last two days in a hospital in the Indian city of Calcutta have accused it of negligence.





The deaths of the children follows 25 similar &amp;quot;crib deaths&amp;quot; in June.





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The government of West Bengal ordered an investigation into infant deaths at the hospital in June after some parents alleged that their babies had died because of negligence.
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India Calcutta hospital is accused over infant deaths

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