SRINAGAR, May 19: Four more children died Friday night at the G B Pant Hospital in Srinagar, taking the death toll at Kashmir’s only pediatric hospital to 363 in just five months.
The infants died at the hospital during the intervening night, official sources said today.
Soon after, relatives of patients placed the bodies of the infants on the road in protest.
The deaths come just a couple of days after the government ordered an inquiry into the high number of infant deaths at the hospital.
Medical Superintendent Javed Chaudhury was transferred and attached to medical education department after preliminary inquiry pointed out lack of efficient management.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who visited the hospital Frdiay, said steps for improving the situation have been put in place and a difference will be visible within one week.
