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A file photo of a hospital staff member checks newly-arrived oxygen cylinders at Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Thirty-three children died on August 10 and 11 at the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur, around the time there was a disruption in the oxygen supply. (Photo: AP )

Streamline PPPs to improve healthcare for the poor

The government should introspect and question its ability to govern and run hospitals.

29 Aug 2017 1:25 AM IST

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. (Photo)

After Gorakhpur tragedy, UP CM to hold review meet on health, medical...

The review meeting will be held at the Chief Minister's Office.

28 Aug 2017 11:54 AM IST

72 children died earlier in August due to alleged disruption in oxygen supply at a hospital in Gorakhpur. (Photo: File)

Gorakhpur kids deaths: Two more doctors suspended

Seven persons have been suspended following the deaths of over 60 children in the state-run hospital due to alleged lack...

27 Aug 2017 12:59 AM IST

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi during his visit to Gorakhpur. (Photo: PTI)

Rahul Gandhi to UP CM: Don't cover up Gorakhpur tragedy

Earlier in the day, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath also hit out at the Congress vice-president over his visit here.

21 Aug 2017 3:13 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav (Photo: PTI)

Gorakhpur tragedy: CBI can't be trusted, need SC probe, says Akhilesh

Former UP CM claims police are targeting SP cadre.

19 Aug 2017 2:21 AM IST

The petitioners have blamed the deaths on carelessness of the doctors at the hospital and further contended that although encephalitis claims many young lives every year there were no effective measures to contain the outbreak of the vector-borne disease. (Photo: PTI)

UP hospital tragedy: PIL seeks judicial probe into children deaths

The PIL filed by advocate Suneeta Sharma and social worker Kamlesh Singh is likely to be heard on Thursday.

17 Aug 2017 9:14 AM IST

UP Congress chief Raj Babbar along with party workers raise slogans during a protest in Lucknow on Wednesday against the infant deaths. (Photo: PTI)

Congress to use Gandhigiri' to clean up Gorakhpur

Babbar told reporters that the Congress would donate 10 ambulances to the medical college in Gorakhpur where the deaths...

17 Aug 2017 6:12 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort in New Delhi on Tuesday on the occasion of Indias 71st Independence Day. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Modi offers hope to Kashmir on Independence Day

Says state's problem can be solved by embracing Kashmiris.

16 Aug 2017 1:11 AM IST

Addressing the nation on the 71st Independence Day, Narendra Modi said the country has faced a major loss and the government will take all the necessary steps to ensure safety to the countrymen. (Photo: Twitter/@PIB_India)

I-Day speech: India stands by kin of dead infants in UP hospital...

The Prime Minister also assured that Centre would leave no stone unturned to help the families, who lost their children.

15 Aug 2017 1:17 PM IST

BJP MP Varun Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

Varun Gandhi vows to give Rs 5 crore for child care centre

He hoped that with sufficient additional funds from external donors, the paediatric wing would begin functioning in six...

15 Aug 2017 2:27 AM IST

Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda released the BJPs first list of 17 candidates for Punjab polls and 29 candidates for Goa polls. (Photo: Twitter)

Research centre for child diseases to be set up, says JP Nadda

The announcement comes in the backdrop of the deaths of at least 30 children in 48 hours in a government hospital here.

14 Aug 2017 2:29 AM IST

Another child succumbed to encephalitis on Sunday, in Gorakhpur, taking the death toll over 70.

Gorakhpur tragedy: Death toll rises to 70; UP CM, JP Nadda reach...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that a magisterial inquiry has been ordered.

13 Aug 2017 10:16 AM IST