System Haemorrhage

Fifteen deaths in three weeks damn Jodhpur’s main government hospital. In this inexcusable, heinous game of death, as many as six agencies have been conducting separate probes: the police, the drugs control organisation, the divisional commissioner, a committee from Umaid Hospital, a two-member committee sent from Sawai Madho Singh Hospital, Jaipur, and a committee from the Union health ministry. Meanwhile, the NHRC has issued notice to the government of Rajasthan, seeking a detailed report within four weeks. Last heard, the Jaipur probe team concluded that toxic fluids were the probable cause of deaths but also pointed out that six of the cases could have died from natural, pre-existing causes. 

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