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In a shocking development, a total of 12 infants have died at the B C Roy Children’s hospital in Kolkata.
All the infants died in the hospital in the past 48 hours.
Hospital superintendent Dilip Roy said that delayed admission of the babies, who were already in a very critical condition, led to the deaths.
"We are always trying to improve service and treatment but some deaths are taking place since the babies are being brought here at a critical stage," he said.
No complaint has been lodged in this regard as of now.
Family members of a six-month-old baby boy Abir Mondal from Kaikhali in South 24-Parganas district who died at the hospital even demonstrated and blocked the road.
Hospital authorities, however, dismissed it saying, "some outsiders not known to the affected family tried to foment trouble in the hospital premises but normalcy was restored soon."
Notably, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had in June ordered an inquiry after 18 infants had died in the same hospital.
(With Additional Inputs from PTI)