SARGODHA: At least four more infants died in the nursery of the District Headquarters (DHQ) Teaching Hospital, taking the death toll of newborns to 12 on Thursday, allegedly due to absence of facilities, including unavailability of oxygen and incubators shortage, and negligence of the doctors. The recent deaths happened in the presence of the chief minister’s inspection team (CMIT) which was there to look into the cause of newborns who had died on Wednesday. The nursery of the DHQ hospital has 25 beds and five incubators but it has 50 newborns admitted while 20 of them are still in a critical condition and need incubators which can only be provided to only five babies. Four more babies die...
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