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worriedinMD
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 7:28pm |
Fiddlerdave
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Sarcasm ON:
Hmm, however, since no BF had been seen in that area, I am sure the WHO sees no need to test any of the sick or dead.
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India probes over 90 mystery child deaths in remote northeastTuesday March 28, 03:24 PMGUWAHATI, India (AFP) - Health experts in Indias remote northeast are investigating the mysterious deaths of 91 children -- most of them babies -- at a government hospital.
The children had died in the past three months at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Agartala, capital of Tripura state, a government health official said. Forty-eight of the children died between March 1 and March 25. Officials said that up to 800 children below the age of 12 were admitted to the hospital each month, with an average mortality of around 15. "We've ordered a three-member expert team of doctors to find out the reason for the abrupt rise in the deaths of children," state health director Satya Ranjan Debbarma said by telephone. "This is a matter of serious concern." "Most of the children who died were infants aged zero to 12 months. Fifteen of the children who died this month were under one month," Debbarma said, adding there was no suspicion of murder. Healthcare facilities in Tripura, a poor state bordering Bangladesh, fall well below world standards. The Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital was the best in Tripura, Debbarma said. http://search.hp.netscape.com/hp/boomframe.jsp?query=India+and+child+deaths+and+March+2006&page=2&offset=1&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D8b04978206749957%26clickedItemRank%3D27%26userQuery%3DIndia%2Band%2Bchild%2Bdeaths%2Band%2BMarch%2B2006%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fuk.news.yahoo.com%252F28032006%252F323%252Findia-probes-90-mystery-child-deaths-remote-northeast.html%26invocationType%3Dnext%26fromPage%3DHPNextPrevB%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.news.yahoo.com%2F28032006%2F323%2Findia-probes-90-mystery-child-deaths-remote-northeast.htmlPlease keep in mind that this may have absolutely nothing to do with BF, but it was an interesting observation.
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Jhetta
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Thank you for the posts... hopefully we will have followup info on this! |
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I'm extremely interested to find out any follow up information on this, could be very important.
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araywood
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????? I don't think it is BF. 800 per month + 3 months, 2400 admitted 90 deaths. Very low kill ratio for BF. Healthcare in rural areas are bad. I was at mother teresa's hospital VERY SCARY PLACE. Many infectous dieases.
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NO NEWS IS WHO NEWS
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Ironstone
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But 48 of those deaths were in March. One would have to say there had not been a high number before but March does not look very normal.
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Jhetta
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That would be true if all previous patient diseases disappeared and were then replaced by BF patients. I believe it is hard to tell at this point!
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Samoa
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My first impression of Calcutta was the three hour bus ride from the
airport to downtown - because of all the protesters. That was in
1972, mass demonstration is nothing new over there. The infant
deaths were probably unrelated to BF, but just shows how poorly
prepared those medical centers are when it comes to "mystery
ailments". I'm with Nadia, it will be interesting to see what
caused all that.
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araywood
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I am with you guys I want to see how this unfolds.
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NO NEWS IS WHO NEWS
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