Doctors emphasise need for protocol for newborn intensive care
Mumbai: As many as 13,541 children under the age of five died in the State in a span of 11 months, a Right to Information (RTI) application has revealed.
A study of 11,532 deaths between April 2017 and February 2018 by the health department revealed that 65% of the children — 22 a day on an average — died in the first 28 days of their life, 21% children died between 28 days to one year and 14% died between one to five years of age.
While infant mortality (28 days to one year) and child mortality (ages one to five) rates have dipped in the Maharashtra, data obtained by RTI activist Chetan Kothari, which only focuses on the 11-month period, reveals the alarming number of deaths within the first month of birth.
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