Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi expressed his outrage at the death of over 60 children in Gorakhpur’s Baba Raghav Das Medical College’s hospital due to alleged lack of oxygen, saying it was not a tragedy but a clear case of massacre. State minister for medical education Ashutosh Tandon reiterated the same and said action will be taken after detailed probe on the matter. Earlier in the day, the alleged disruption in the supply of liquid oxygen at the hospital claimed lives of three more children. “There haven’t been any deaths due to lack of oxygen supply. According to data procured from the BRD hospital, in past five days - from August 7 to August 11, a total of 60 deaths have occurred in the hospital.

Source: Hindustan Times August 12, 2017 07:15 UTC