Govt Slams KTR on Mother, Child Deaths Claims in Gandhi Hospital

Hyderabad: Health minister Damodar Rajanarasimha on Wednesday slammed the BRS and its leader K.T. Till 2023, we had the best IMR and MMR in Telangana since Independence.” In his statement, the health minister said there was absolutely no truth in Rama Rao’s allegations that child and mother deaths had risen in the hospital after the Congress came to power. Rajanarasimha said Rama Rao appears intent on destroying the reputation of Gandhi Hospital and discourage patients going there and divert them to private hospitals. The government, meanwhile, also released the data with respect to deaths of mothers and children in Gandhi Hospital from 2022 till August 2024 which shows that the numbers reported for this August have not suddenly risen as claimed by Rama Rao. Infograph Maternal and child deaths in Gandhi Hospital in three years Maternal deaths Month – 2022 – 2023 – 2024 January – 7 – 10- 7 February – 6 – 6 – 5 March – 11 – 2 – 10 April – 3 – 6 – 7 May – 4 – 9 – 8 June – 5 – 19 – 6 July – 5 – 10 – 12 August – 8 – 5 – 13 September – 7 – 11 October – 7 – 14 November – 8 – 12 December – 13 – 8 Total – 84 – 112 – 68 Neonatal deaths Month – 2022 – 2023 – 2024 January – 25 – 31 – 22 February – 20 – 36 – 12 March – 16 – 28 – 30 April – 21 – 25 – 16 May – 30 – 21 – 20 June – 22 – 22- 28 July – 24 – 29 – 29 August – 23 – 31 – 32 September – 29 – 25 October – 37 – 37 November – 42 – 37 December – 31 – 24 Total – 320 – 346 – 189 Paediatric deaths Month – 2022 – 2023 – 2024 January – 4 – 8 – 3 February – 2 – 7 – 13 March – 5 – 6 – 6 April – 6 – 5 – 6 May – 12 – 5 – 6 June – 5 – 3 – 5 July – 8 – 3 – 4 August – 11 – 10 – 9 September – 10 – 5 October – 12 – 9 November – 11 – 9 December – 10 – 14 Total – 96 – 84 – 52