Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur

What the Gorakhpur Tragedy Tells Us About India’s Public Healthcare System

Yogesh Jain 17/08/2017

Unless the chronic deficiencies in the country's public health...

BRD Medical college, Uttar Pradesh minister for health Siddharth Nath Singh

‘If Oxygen Was the Problem, Others Would Have Suffered as Well,’ Says Uttar Pradesh Health Minister

Anoo Bhuyan 15/08/2017

"One can keep blaming us for things but this...

Children at the BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur. Credit: PTI

While NHRC Calls Out ‘Gross Callousness’ in Gorakhpur Hospital, Amit Shah Says ‘This Happens’

The Wire Staff 14/08/2017

The National Human Rights Commission has asked the UP...

August 10 was a bad day to be a child in Ward 100 of BRD Medical College – though according to the Adityanath government, human error had nothing to do with that. Credit: PTI

Gorakhpur: Adityanath Government Has 23 Reasons for 23 Deaths, But Lack of Oxygen Isn’t One of Them

Anoo Bhuyan 14/08/2017

With the government giving 23 natural reasons for the...

An inside view of a ward of BRD Hospital in Gorakhpur on Friday where at least 30 children died in the past two days, allegedly due to an oxygen supply cut on Friday. Credit: PTI

Gorakhpur: Seven Deaths a Day ‘Normal’, Says UP Government, Ignoring That There Were 23

Anoo Bhuyan 12/08/2017

The UP government insists that the deaths are unrelated...

Relatives mourn outside the BRD Hospital in Gorakhpur on August 11, 2017. At least 30 children have died in the hospital since August 9, 2017 midnight. Credit: PTI

In Adityanath’s Gorakhpur, 30 Children Die in Hospital in Two Days

While the SP Gorakhpur has said 21 of those...

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Scrub Typhus – a Re-Emerging Disease India Can No Longer Afford to Ignore

Anurag Bhargava 14/06/2017

There is a need for greater awareness of the...