The deaths in Kota bare the light on a healthcare system founded on apathy towards the poor | The Indian Express

The deaths in Kota bare the light on a healthcare system founded on apathy towards the poor | The Indian Express

The deaths in Kota bare the light on a healthcare system founded on apathy towards the poor

JANUARY 8, 2020 11:01:30 AM

What is urgently required is not the involvement of private players but a sincere engagement by the state in matters concerning peoples’ health. Reports have shown that most of the babies in Kota died due to suffocation at birth; low birth-weight and infections were the other significant causes of death.