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Fresh baby deaths in Malda hospital

On January 30, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dismissed the opposition charge that the recent crib deaths in state-run hospitals in Malda and Murshidabad were due to medical negligence. Seven of the babies were just 15-days-o [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

1,200 baby deaths a year preventable

Around 1,200 stillbirths a year are avoidable, a report launched today (18 January) has claimed. Preventing Babies’ Deaths: What Needs to be Done, produced by infant death charity Sands, argues that many of the 6,500 stillbirth and [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Charity urges action to cut baby deaths

Urgent action is needed to tackle Britain's high rate of stillbirths and deaths in the first few weeks of life, according to a report. The charity Sands said up to 1,200 stillbirths a year could be avoided. Each day, 17 babies are sti [...]

Posted On : Jan, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Police investigate Furness General Hospital baby deaths

The probe follows the death of Joshua Titcombe who died nine days after his birth at Furness General Hospital in October 2008, Cumbria Police said. An inquest in June ruled Joshua died of natural causes but said midwives had repeatedly [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Maternal Deaths due to Complex Medical Conditions

An article published in the British Journal has discussed the cause and maternal death rates in the UK. The author of the article revealed that though there has been a fall in the maternal deaths, but the causes that led to such deaths we [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Probe into baby deaths at foster home

"Both babies died on Tuesday morning. According to the SAPS, there were no visible marks on the babies, and a post mortem will indicate the cause of death," said spokesman Bruce Oom on Wednesday. The babies, a boy and a girl, we [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

A shortage of midwives 'led to avoidable baby deaths'

The West Midlands Perinatal Institute studied the deaths of 94 babies in the region during 2008-9. Thirty-five deaths might have been avoided if care was better, it said. The Department of Health said there were now clear plans in place [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Half of cot deaths linked to sleeping with parents

More than half of cot deaths occur when a baby is sleeping with a parent, with drinking or drug-taking by the adult a likely contributory factor, a study suggests. An analysis of all unexpected infant deaths, from birth to two years old, i [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Infant Suffocation Deaths on the Rise

We all know as mothers that we want to keep our babies as safe as possible. The bed is one place that needs special attention. Today, the rates of infant mortality that are due to accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed have quadru [...]