मेरे संसदीय क्षेत्र कोटा के जेकेलोन मातृ एवं शिशु चिकित्सालय में 48 घंटे में 10 नवजात शिशुओं की असमय मौत चिंता का… https://t.co/Cyu07O1qHx — Om Birla (@ombirlakota) 1577446191000

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday expressed concern over the deaths of 10 newborns at a hospital in his parliamentary constituency Kota and urged the Ashok Gehlot-led Rajasthan government to take immediate action into the matter."The untimely death of 10 newborns in 48 hours in the J K Lone Maternal and Child Hospital of Kota, my parliamentary constituency, is a matter of concern. Rajasthan government should take immediate action in this matter," Birla tweeted.Seventy-seven children have died in Kota’s J K Lon Hospital in the first 24 days of this month with 10 deaths reported in the last 48 hours.Ruling out negligence on its part, the hospital has said that resources and equipment were functioning properly.In its report, the hospital pointed out that the 10 children who died over the last couple of days were extremely critical and on ventilator support. The hospital also claimed that five newborns who died on December 23 and 24 were just a day old and breathed their last within few hours after they were admitted.The report said they were suffering from Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, a condition in which infant’s brain does not receive enough oxygen, and septicemia.