Mamata to open new pediatrics ward in WB

Even as history is being made on Monday with the birth of the 7 billionth child, West Bengal seems standing on the wrong side of the event with infants dying in hospital due to medical negligence. It is a moment steeped not only in irony for Mamata Banerjee's government but also in shame. The government on Mnday is opening a sick newborn unit after delaying for several years. The toll of infant deaths in the state has gone up to 41.