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Doctors keen to introduce latest health facilities for infants as death toll in Malda rises to 20

Malda, West Bengal, July 16 (ANI): Doctors in Malda district of West Bengal seriously pondered over the issue of introducing modern health care facilities, as with three more succumbing, the infants death toll rose to 20 in the past 96 hours. The gloomy chapter started on Saturday afternoon when seven infants lost their lives before celebrating their first birthday. One of the bereaved mothers, Bandana Mandal talked about her misery. Doctors state that the cause of the deaths is infants born underweight and asphyxia. Talking over the incident, Vice Principal, Malda Medical College and Hospital, MK Rasid, said that they were pondering over taking quick steps to introduce a new infant ward equipped with the latest health care facilities. Meanwhile, a medical training camp for the hospital staff has been organised in the hospital to save the infants. It is reported that within this year, 39 infants died earlier due to the same cause. Jul 16, 2014
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