Centre orders probe into dengue death and suicide case
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The Centre today ordered a probe into the death of a seven-year-old boy suffering from dengue after two private hospitals refused to admit him and soon after his depressed parents jumped to death from a four-storey building, triggering outrage.
The Delhi government also slapped show cause notices on five leading hospitals threatening cancellation of registration.
Union Health Minister J P Nadda said that his Ministry has sought a report from the Delhi government on the issue by September 14 while asserting that "guilty will not be spared" and action will be taken against those who have not followed the Union Health Ministry protocol laid down for dengue treatment.
The distraught parents of the boy jumped from the terrace of the four-storey building in south Delhi's Lado Sarai soon after performing the last rites.
The deceased were identified as Laxmichandra and Babita Rout, both natives of Odisha and the couple has left behind a one-page suicide note in Odiya, in which they have written that "it is nobody's fault" and the "the decision" was theirs.
The couple's only son, Avinash, died of dengue on September 8 after allegedly being denied admission at two prominent private hospitals on the previous day.
The Delhi government also slapped show cause notices on five leading hospitals threatening cancellation of registration.
Union Health Minister J P Nadda said that his Ministry has sought a report from the Delhi government on the issue by September 14 while asserting that "guilty will not be spared" and action will be taken against those who have not followed the Union Health Ministry protocol laid down for dengue treatment.
The distraught parents of the boy jumped from the terrace of the four-storey building in south Delhi's Lado Sarai soon after performing the last rites.
The deceased were identified as Laxmichandra and Babita Rout, both natives of Odisha and the couple has left behind a one-page suicide note in Odiya, in which they have written that "it is nobody's fault" and the "the decision" was theirs.
The couple's only son, Avinash, died of dengue on September 8 after allegedly being denied admission at two prominent private hospitals on the previous day.
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