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Tribal Group Launches Indefinite Sit-In at Indore Hospital Over Newborn Rat-Bite Deaths

Hospital maintains the deaths were due to congenital complications, with eight staff already disciplined.

Overview

  • Members of Jai Adivasi Yuva Shakti began an indefinite sit-in on Sunday at MY Hospital’s main gate demanding suspensions and a culpable homicide case.
  • The protest names college dean Arvind Ghanghoria and superintendent Ashok Yadav as responsible for alleged negligence.
  • The incidents occurred on the night of August 31–September 1 when two newborn girls in the NICU were bitten by rats and later died.
  • Hospital administrators assert the fatalities resulted from severe congenital deformities and not from the rat bites.
  • Officials say eight personnel have faced disciplinary action, and superintendent Ashok Yadav is on long leave citing serious health issues.