Eight infants die under mysterious circumstances at Vehari hospital

Published September 9, 2014
A month old baby boy admitted in the paediatric emergency unit at Aga Khan University Hospital. — Photo by Asif Umar/File
A month old baby boy admitted in the paediatric emergency unit at Aga Khan University Hospital. — Photo by Asif Umar/File

MULTAN: Eight infants have died under mysterious circumstances at Vehari’s District Headquarter Hospital over a period of two days.

Four of the infants died on Monday and another four died early Tuesday in what is appearing to be a case of negligence on part of hospital authorities.

The relatives of the deceased infants have been claiming that the deaths occurred due to a lack of oxygen supply as well as malfunctioning of ventilators in some cases.

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The relatives added that upon noticing deterioration in the condition of the infants, they tried to wake the doctors who were asleep during duty hours only for their pleas to be disregarded.

Denouncing the claims of the relatives, the hospital administration said that 14 infants were on ventilators and it was hardly possible for eight out of 14 ventilators to malfunction simultaneously.

However, doctors at the hospital have said that the condition of six infants currently on ventilators was also critical.

The relatives have been protesting outside the hospital building and senior district administration officials have ordered an investigation into the circumstances leading to the deaths of the infants.

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