Nine newborns aged between one and seven days passed away within eight hours on Thursday at the JK Lon Hospital in Rajasthan's Kota. Over 100 children had died in 35 days in the same hospital in 2019.
As soon as the information about the deaths of the newborns was out on Thursday, the district collector hurried to the hospital and immediately ordered for deploying additional doctors and nursing staff.
A detailed report on the matter has been ordered by the State Health Minister Raghu Sharma.
The medical superintendent of the hospital, S.C. Dulara, said in his report that nine newborns who came to the hospital for treatment died on Thursday, while three children were brought to the hospital in dead condition and their families were immediately informed in this regard.
Three children suffered from congenital malformations, remaining three died of COT (sudden infant death). COT deaths include dying due to suffocation or other reasons which include error while feeding the kid said, paediatricians of the hospital.
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Divisional Commissioner K C Meena and District Collector Ujjawal Rathore visited the hospital on Thursday evening and held a meeting.
Health Minister Sharma instructed the hospital administration to ensure proper care of newborns or strict action will be taken for negligence in treatment.