‘Not enough staff, warmers at hosp’

Alwar: After a 15-day-old Alwar infant, who was rushed to Jaipur’s J K Lon Hospital with 80% burn injuries on Tuesday, died while undergoing treatment on Wednesday morning, the Alwar hospital head has written to the state government stating that there are not enough

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warmer machines and the staff is not capable enough to handle the patients of Facility-based Newborn Care (FNBC) ward of Geetanand Children Hospital. The letter written by the hospital in-charge Dr Somdutt Gupta on Friday said that the tragedy could reoccur and said, “There should be one baby warmer per infant but at present there is one machine is being used for three infants making it impossible to operate the ward.”