TIL Desk/National/Gorakhpur (UP)/ Terming the deaths of scoresof children at a state-run hospital here as a “government made tragedy”, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath should not try to cover up the matter.
“All those whom I met told me that oxygen shortage led to the death of their children. Many families were given ambu bags (a manual resuscitator) and they pumped it for hours…It is very clear that it government-made tragedy,” Gandhi said. The government should take action in the matter and not try to cover it up, he said.
It is absolutely clear that oxygen shortage and laxity were the reasons behind the tragedy, he told reporters after meeting family members of the victims. “The chief minister should not try to cover up (the matter) and action should be taken against the guilty. This is my message,” the Congress vice-president asserted.
Gandhi said that he had visited the BRD medical college and hospital here earlier as well and had told Prime Minister Narendra Modi through the media that it needs funds as there were too many shortages. But no action was taken, he rued. There have been scores of encephalitis related child deaths in the BRD medical college hospital in recent days triggering a nation-wide outrage.
