Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi, State Govt over newborns' death at Indore Hospital
New Delhi: Following the deaths of two newborns who were reportedly bitten by rats at the government-run Maharaja Yashwantrao (MY) Hospital in Indore, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, accusing them of "government negligence" and saying they should "hang their heads in shame".
The incidents took place in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of government-run Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital. In the first case, the newborn reportedly died after suffering injuries believed to be caused by a rat. The rodents later bit the head and shoulder of another child at the facility, one of the biggest government hospitals in Madhya Pradesh.
One of the infants died on Tuesday, with the hospital saying that pneumonia was the cause of her death. The other infant passed away on Wednesday, and the hospital administration claimed that blood infection and not a rat bite was the cause of death.
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Slamming the BJP government over the incidents, Rahul Gandhi in an X post, said, "In Indore, two newborn babies died due to rat bites in Madhya Pradesh's largest government hospital. This is no accident, this is outright murder", news agency PTI reported.
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