NEW DELHI: A group of doctors, which conducted an independent inquiry into the recent deaths of children in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, has blamed “administrative failure” and the “state’s apathy towards people” for the tragedy.
It has also claimed that the parents of most of the deceased children had no access to the public distribution system as they did not have ration cards.
Most of the children were malnourished and none had been treated for it. Also, none of them had growth-monitoring cards, a preliminary report prepared by the fact-finding team of doctors under the banner of “Progressive Medicos and Scientists’ Forum” (PMSF) stated.
The group also had doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here.
These deaths have been happening for the last 10 years and still, there is no preventive mechanism and health awareness for specific illnesses or a common ailment like diarrhoea in the area, PMSF national convener and former president of AIIMS Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) Dr Harjit Singh Bhatti said. (AGENCIES)
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