The government, however, admitted there was a problem in supply of liquid oxygen to the hospital's paediatric wardfor four hours on August 10, but the situation was brough under control with the use of oxygen cylinders. They added that no death had taken place during that period of time.Citing figures of crib deaths, the health minister Sidharth Nath Singh claimed that the deaths had occured due to vector-borne diseases like Japanese Encephalitis, which is highly prevalent in the region.

Source: Times of India August 13, 2017 07:41 UTC