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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Aug 13, 2017, 19:42:07 IST
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Gorakhpur hospital tragedy
At least 30 children have died in Gorakhpur's Baba Raghav Das Medical College in a span of 48 hours. The UP government has constituted a committee to be led by chief secretary to inquire the role of oxygen supplier in the incident. Stay with us for live updates:
19:51 (IST) Aug 12
Gorakhpur tragedy: PM is monitoring the situation, has spoken to ministers concerned, says CM Adityanath
19:51 (IST) Aug 12
UP CM Yogi Adityanath offers condolences over the children's death in Gorakhpur's BRD hospital
19:48 (IST) Aug 12
UP CM Yogi Adityanath addresses a press conference in Lucknow
19:34 (IST) Aug 12
Candle light march held over child deaths in #Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College, #visuals from Gorakhpur and Lucknow. pic.twitter.com/tbCYNWfNqD
ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) August 12, 2017
19:18 (IST) Aug 12
#Visuals #Gorakhpur's BRD medical college where 63 children have died in 6 days pic.twitter.com/WuTU7X3mm5
ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) August 12, 2017
19:00 (IST) Aug 12
#UttarPradesh Delegation of Samajwadi Party visited BRD medical college in #Gorakhpur after 63 children died in 6 days pic.twitter.com/DXWd6izwOm
ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) August 12, 2017
18:53 (IST) Aug 12
UP CM Yogi Adityanath calls meeting of UP ministers Siddharth Nath Singh, Ashutosh Tandon & MoS Health Anupriya Patel over Gorakhpur incident.
18:06 (IST) Aug 12
In UP's Gorakhpur more than 60 children have died. Congress party is with the bereaved families, says Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in Raichur: ANI
17:41 (IST) Aug 12
Heart-wrenching; I am unable to sleep for the last two days. Will speak to Yogi ji,strong action should be taken, says Ram Vilas Paswan: ANI
17:39 (IST) Aug 12
CM Yogi Adityanath told Union Health Minister JP Nadda that all the aspects of deaths at BRD Medical college are being examined. #Gorakhpur
ANI (@ANI) August 12, 2017
17:35 (IST) Aug 12
Union health minister JP Nadda spoke to UP CM Yogi Adityanath, assured him of assistance/expertise from the Centre: ANI
17:16 (IST) Aug 12
Sarkaarein samasya nahi ho saktin, agar sarkar swayam mein samasya hai to sarkar ko phir rehne ka adhikaar nahi: UP CM Yogi Adityanath pic.twitter.com/s6N99huolb
ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) August 12, 2017
17:10 (IST) Aug 12
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Ek sankat hai, ek challenge hai hum sab ke saamne aur uska samaadhaan bhi nikla hai: UP CM Yogi Adityananath <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gorakhpur?src=hash">#Gorakhpur</a> <a href="https://t.co/OCfDEwpPGu">pic.twitter.com/OCfDEwpPGu</a></p>
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/896334569451905024">August 12, 2017</a></blockquote>
17:08 (IST) Aug 12
Encephalitis has been prevailing in UP since 1978, unhygienic conditions and open defecation are the reasons behind it, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath: ANI
16:34 (IST) Aug 12
Wrote my resignation prior to that (suspension) taking responsibility of death of innocent children: Suspended Principal,BRD medical college- ANI
16:03 (IST) Aug 12
Discussions happened in detail; but issue of gas supply that should've come to light didn't come up. Nobody spoke about it: UP Health Min - ANI
15:55 (IST) Aug 12
High level probe to take place, headed by Principal Secy. Will wait for report, action will be taken. Till then suspending principal: A Tandon- ANI
15:53 (IST) Aug 12
Children have not died due to disruption of gas supply: UP Health Minister Siddharth Nath Singh: ANI
15:52 (IST) Aug 12
We are suspending BRD Medical College principal with immediate effect for this negligent behaviour: Minister for medical education A Tandon - ANI
15:50 (IST) Aug 12
Children have not died due to disruption of gas supply: UP Health Minister Siddharth Nath Singh
15:49 (IST) Aug 12
PM is constantly monitoring the situation in Gorakhpur. He is in constant touch with authorities from the Central & UP Governments.
PMO India (@PMOIndia) August 12, 2017
15:45 (IST) Aug 12
Discussions happened in detail; but issue of gas supply that should've come to light didn't come up. Nobody spoke about it
Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Siddharth Nath Singh
15:39 (IST) Aug 12
CM had visited BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur on July 9th and 9th August
UP Health Minister Siddharth Nath Singh
14:24 (IST) Aug 12
UP government says oxygen shortage wasn't reported, guilty to face strict action.
14:03 (IST) Aug 12
Gorakhpur deaths: Victim blames hospital for the tragedy
03:0013:28 (IST) Aug 12
Congress delegation at BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur
03:0013:24 (IST) Aug 12
Parent's of one of the victim child holds his death certificate
13:15 (IST) Aug 12
UP minister Ashutosh Tandon & Siddharth Nath Singh holds meeting with Gorakhpur hospital authorities.
13:04 (IST) Aug 12
12:56 (IST) Aug 12
Gorakhpur hospital tragedy: Police raid oxygen supplier company's office in Lucknow, owner on the run, reports Times Now
12:54 (IST) Aug 12
Deaths were not caused due to lack of oxygen, because it was not just us, they had 3 suppliers
Meenu Walia , Pushpa Gas Agency,
12:54 (IST) Aug 12
Unnao MP Sakshi Maharaj has described the Gorakhpur hospital tragedy as a massacre. He said 30 deaths is not a small incident and stringent action should be taken against the culprits.
12:37 (IST) Aug 12
Union Health Minister JP Nadda directs MoS Health & Family Welfare Anupriya Patel to visit Gorakhpur hospital
12:28 (IST) Aug 12
A three-member delegation of Samajwadi Party led by senior leader Ram Govind Chaudhary, who is also the leader of Opposition in the state assembly, has been sent to Gorakhpur to meet the families of the victim and ascertain the facts about the circumstances that led to the deaths, Samajwadi Party national president said.
12:20 (IST) Aug 12
Former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav accuses the Yogi government of hiding facts about the circumstances that led to the Gorakhpur hospital tragedy
12:16 (IST) Aug 12
FIR filed against Pushpa Gas Agency, which supplied oxygen cylinders to Gorakhpur hospital
12:09 (IST) Aug 12
Repeatedly communicated about pending payments to concerned authorities but never got response
Meenu Walia, HR Pushpa Gas Agency
12:03 (IST) Aug 12
Deaths not due to oxygen supply cut-off, no one can stop supply like this, we know consequences: Meenu Walia,HR Pushpa Gas agency #Gorakhpur pic.twitter.com/6mnCGJvx5Y
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) August 12, 2017
11:30 (IST) Aug 12
11:27 (IST) Aug 12
Both Health Minister & Minister of Technical & Medical Education must resign. UP CM can't step back from duty. Must apologize to state
Ghulam Nabi Azad
11:26 (IST) Aug 12
Oxygen supplier company's office in Lucknow has been raided by the police, reports Times Now.
11:25 (IST) Aug 12
Both Health Minister and Minister of Technical and Medical Education must resign. UP CM can't step back from duty. Must apologize to state
Ghulam Nabi Azad
11:24 (IST) Aug 12
Heart-wrenching incident. Saddened by children's death. This happened due to state government's carelessness
Ghulam Nabi Azad
10:59 (IST) Aug 12
Matter of great shame for UP CM. If there's any morality in govt he should quit&go, for such disaster has happened: Sudhindra Bhadoria, BSP pic.twitter.com/xbtFkqwOBj
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) August 12, 2017
10:58 (IST) Aug 12
Considering Yogi Adityanath is both MP & CM, he must take moral responsibility & step down, so should his Health Minister: Manish Tewari
10:55 (IST) Aug 12
Gorakhpur hospital tragedy: Not a tragedy, it's a massacre
Kailash Satyarthi
10:50 (IST) Aug 12
UP: Congress delegation at BRD Medical College in #Gorakhpur; what happened was due to lapse on the government's part says Cong's RPN Singh pic.twitter.com/NC3ltaIG31
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) August 12, 2017
10:50 (IST) Aug 12
Wwe are looking into details of the matter from all angles -was there a shortage? Whether the authorities were aware of this? Was there any other issue? Who is responsible? etc
UP Health Minister
10:49 (IST) Aug 12
Those behind any kind of laxity will not be spared
UP Health minister
10:49 (IST) Aug 12
UP Health minister Siddharth Nath Singh said that no child died of shortage of oxygen in Gorakhpur hospital tragedy.
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