4 infants die in an hour in Maharashtra hospital, parents allege negligence, MNS beats up doc

Parents of the children alleged negligence, after which some activists of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena beat up one of the doctors

Four premature babies, who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of a government- run hospital at Amravati in Maharashtra, died in the early hours on Monday.

The parents of the children alleged negligence, after which some activists of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena beat up one of the doctors, the police said.

The four infants – two male and two female – born prematurely in the last one week were kept in incubators in the ICU of Punjabrao Deshmukh Medical College Hospital, Amravati district collector Abhijeet Bangar said.

Kailas Pundkar, senior inspector of Gagadenagar police station, said, “One baby died due to asphyxia and the body was handed over to the parents. The cause of deaths of other three babies is yet to be ascertained as autopsies are underway.”

Medical education minister Girish Mahajan has ordered inquiry by Amravati civil surgeon, Bangar told PTI.

According to hospital sources, the deaths took place between 1am and 1.30am. As the news spread in the morning, activists of MNS beat up Bhushan Katta, one of the doctors on duty, the police said.