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Fire breaks out at Gorakhpur’s Baba Raghav Das Medical College
In 2017, the Gorakhpur hospital was under the spotlight over a high number of child deaths due to Japanese encephalitis.
A fire broke out Monday morning at Gorakhpur’s Baba Raghav Das Medical College. Three fire tenders were rushed to the spot to control the blaze. The fire started from inside the principal’s office, ANI reported.
In 2017, the Gorakhpur hospital was under the spotlight over a high number of child deaths due to Japanese encephalitis. The deaths attracted allegations of medical negligence after reports emerged that oxygen supply to the hospital was briefly cut off. The oxygen supplier claimed that the BRD hospital stopped making payments.
This is a developing story.
