19 children develop health complications after getting antibiotic injection in MP hospital
Neemuch (MP), Sep 28: Health condition of at least 19 children undergoing treatment at the paediatric ward of the Neemuch district hospital in Madhya Pradesh deteriorated on Saturday after they were administered antibiotic injections, their family members said.
Officials said at night that the health condition of the children was normal. An investigation is launched, they added.
The district hospital civil surgeon confirmed that the health of some children, aged between two and four years, worsened initially.
"Children, aged between two and four years, were administered antibiotic injection (R Ceftriaxone IP). The health of some of these children deteriorated. It is being investigated whether their health worsened after they were given the injection or if there is any other reason," civil surgeon Dr Mahendra Patil told PTI.
Senior officials from Neemuch rushed to the hospital after parents and relatives of the children staged a protest.
A sub-divisional magistrate said the health condition of the children is normal now.
At least three families took their children to a private hospital while some children were undergoing treatment at the ICU of the district hospital.
Relatives of children claimed that they were admitted to the ICU of the district hospital facility on Saturday night, while some parents rushed their wards to private hospitals.
The condition of children deteriorated after antibiotic injections were administered, claimed Mohammad Rasheed, one of the relatives.
Additional District Collector Lakshmi Gamad, Sub Divisional Magistrate Mamta Khede, Tehsildar Sanjay Malviya, Civil Surgeon Mahendra Patil and others rushed to the hospital and counselled the family members of the children, a relative said.
One Ramjanu Bai claimed that antibiotic injections were given for cold and shivering in the hospital ward after 8 pm. "Soon after, the health of children started deteriorating," she said.
Meanwhile, the SDM said the injection has been sent for testing.
Notably, the Madhya Pradesh government, in August, stopped the use of particular batches of injections manufactured by nine companies due to concerns over their quality.
The Bhopal-based MP Public Health Services Corporation had written to the state Medical Education and Health departments seeking a ban on the distribution and use of particular batches of these injections, officials had said.
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
