more-inThe Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted bail to doctor Satish Kumar who was jailed in connection with the death of 30 infants in a Gorakhpur hospital allegedly due to lack of oxygen supply last August. Dr. Satish Kumar was the head of the anaesthesia department of the BRD Medical College, where the infants died. Dr. Satish Kumar’s counsel Dileep Kumar told The Hindu that his client’s plea was accepted on the grounds that there was no “cogent evidence” against him. When Dr. Satish Kumar learnt of the deaths, he rushed back to Gorakhpur without attending the convocation. The bail pleas of Rajiv Mishra, then principal, and his wife Poornima Shukla, were rejected by the HC.

Source: The Hindu May 15, 2018 15:22 UTC