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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Two babies die in front of Bengal minister during surprise visit to Malda hospital by Subhro Maitra

Two babies die in front of Bengal minister during surprise visit to Malda hospital by Subhro Maitra

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published Published on Jan 23, 2012   modified Modified on Jan 23, 2012

A surprise visit to Malda district hospital turned out to be a shock for child and women welfare minister Sabitri Mitra on Sunday.

"Only God can help us," she cried, after seeing two babies die before her eyes. Mitra spent nearly an hour at the hospital shooing cats from the maternity ward and trying to make sense of the chaos. The beds - and floors - were overflowing with patients. There were people crying out for help.

But there was no hospital staff around. Exasperated, the minister called the ward master, hospital superintendent and other officials. But all of them were either on leave or in Kolkata on some official tour. There wasn't even a security guard to be seen.

When Mitra reached the paediatric ward around 1pm, relatives of patients were milling about like a swarm of bees.

"Why are there so many people? Where is the doctor? Where are the nurses?" she shouted. A nurse came running.

"We are but three and there are 128 patients. How can we manage?" she pleaded. The minister looked far from appeased. Her anger turned into shock when some cats started roaming about the ward. Without calling for anyone, Mitra herself began to drive them away.

"The cats are so big I'm afraid they might harm the babies. None of the health officials is here. I couldn't have imagined such a situation had I not visited the hospital," she said.

When patients realized who she was, there was a chorus of complaints. Mitra gave them a patient ear and walked out a little after 2pm. But there was one more shock in store.

A middle-aged man, Md Liyakat Sheikh, approached her. His story left Mitra speechless. The baby in the womb of Sheikh's daughter was declared dead by a hospital doctor. But at a private hospital two days later, she gave birth to a healthy child.


The Times of India, 23 January, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Two-babies-die-in-front-of-Bengal-minister-during-surprise-visit-to-Malda-hospital/articleshow/11596232.cms


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