MySuru: Chamarajanagar District Health Department of the Ministry of Health (MCH), which is managed by the Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS), recorded 55 newborn deaths in 16 months, while 283 cases were diverted to other hospitals for better care.
Tack ventilators in neonatal care units and other emergency care facilities are believed to be the reason behind the increase in fatalities.
Although hospitals have one specialist neonatal care unit, eight pediatrics, increased infant mortality due to lack of basic facilities has caused many worries among people.
Although there is only one specialist in neonatal care, the government has not recruited a specialist to the CIMS Hospital that began five years ago in the district retreat to taking care of newborns.
Due to lack of medical attention, ventilators, incubators and other life rescue equipment in the MCH unit, hospital authorities refer patients, especially premature babies and complex shipping cases, to hospitals in MySuru and other places, according to sources.
During 2020-21, district hospital recorded 1,167 shipping.
Of this number, 838 patients were issued after full recovery, while 229 cases were shifted to another hospital and 36 deaths were recorded.
Likewise, at the end of July this year, the district hospital has registered 418 cases.
Of this number, 301 cases used up after full recovery, 93 cases shifted to another hospital and 19 deaths reported.
Overall, the district witnessed the death of 55 newborns was the main reason for the fatality surge.
“CIMS has established a 100 bed hospital on the Yedapura campus for children to overcome the third wave of Covid.
Of these, 10 beds are equipped with ventilators and other lives.
Beds and the same emergency care facilities for use for units MCH after the case declined, “he said.