“This indicates towards gross callousness on part of the hospital administration and the medical education and health departments of the government of Uttar Pradesh,” the National Human Right Commission said. Uttar Pradesh health minister Siddharth Nath Singh hinted at corruption in the payment for oxygen cylinders at the health facility. Children receive treatment in the encephalitis ward at Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital in Gorakhpur on Monday. Former chief minister and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav was in Gorakhpur, the Lok sabha constituency of Adityanath, and met some of the bereaved families. “We saw on TV that the health minister has visited the place.

Source: Hindustan Times August 14, 2017 17:44 UTC