Gorakhpur Tragedy News

Opinion

Looking beyond the rhetoric of Gorakhpur

Simple fixes, many of which are administrative and managerial, could save millions of newborns in India

4 min read8 Nov 2017
Politics

What ails India’s public health system?

Incidents such as the recent children deaths at BRD Hospital in Gorakhpur highlight endemic failure of procurement management

10 min read20 Sep 2017
Politics

Gorakhpur tragedy: Oxygen supplier arrested, to be produced before a court

The proprietor of Pushpa Sales, which supplied oxygen to Baba Raghav Das Medical College where dozens of children died last month, has been arrested

1 min read17 Sep 2017
Politics

Why the Indian patient is caught between the devil and the deep sea

A 2014 NSSO report shows that the majority of Indians prefer to consult private practitioners rather than public hospitals and those who do visit public hospitals often do so out of compulsion

4 min read8 Sep 2017
Opinion

India’s public health crisis: Mint’s reading list

The recent death of several children suffering from Japanese encephalitis in Gorakhpur grabbed headlines. Here's a look into the issues that plague public health in India

1 min read31 Aug 2017
Politics

News in Numbers: Value of notes returned to RBI after demonetisation estimated at Rs15.28 trillion

In other news, 296 children have died at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital in Gorakhpur so far this month

3 min read31 Aug 2017
Opinion

A jobs scheme to improve public health

Like the US' Depression-era public works programme, MGNREGA labour could help eliminate diseases

4 min read31 Aug 2017
Opinion

India’s public health and the looming threat of US pharma giants

India has an opportunity to squash criticism to squash criticism of global health pressure groups by issuing a compulsory licence to Pfizer vaccine. Otherwise, it would be seen as ready to genuflect to the diktats of American lobbies

4 min read30 Aug 2017
Politics

Gorakhpur child deaths: BRD medical college former principal, wife taken into custody

Former principal of the BRD Medical College Rajiv Mishra and his wife were taken into custody for questioning in connection with the death of 60 children

2 min read29 Aug 2017
Opinion

Uttar Pradesh’s child death crisis

The Gorakhpur tragedy must be seen against the larger backdrop of public health failure in Uttar Pradesh

4 min read29 Aug 2017
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