After Gorakhpur-tragedy, 49 newborns die in Farrukhabad due to lack of oxygen
In August, around 70 children died in Gorakhpur's Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College Hospital over alleged lack of oxygen supply though the state government had claimed the deaths occurred due to Encephalitis.
The incident became prominent after district magistrate of Farrukhabad, Ravindra Kumar, ordered a probe last month.
The investigation was carried out by a team of three officers under city magistrate Jainendra Kumar Jain.
Daya Nand Misra, Superintendent of Police, Farrukhabad, was quoted by The Times of India: "On Sunday evening, based on the written complaint filed by city magistrate in Nagar Kotwali police station regarding the deaths of children, we have lodged an FIR against chief medical officer Uma Kant Pandey, chief medical superintendent B P Pushkar and a few doctors of RML Hospital."
"The accused officers have been booked under IPC sections176 (Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it), 188 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), and 304 (Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder)," Misra added.
Doctors of the hospital claimed that 30 deaths occurred between July 21 and August 20 due to "perinatal asphyxia".
Media report said the UP government ordered a probe of the whole incident.
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