Centre sends team to probe malnutrition deaths in Odisha

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Aug 01 2016 | 9:57 PM IST
The Centre has sent a team of specialists to probe reasons behind the deaths of 19 children allegedly due to malnutrition in Odisha's Jajpur district in the last three months.
The decision to send the team, comprising senior officers and public health experts from the Health Ministry and Ministry of Women and Child Development, was taken following a request from Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday.
"A high-level team has been constituted by Union Health Minister J P Nadda to carry out an on-the-spot assessment of the situation and investigate the causes that led to the incident.
"The team is visiting Nagada village under Sukinda block and will submit a report on the matter to Nadda," an official statement said.
The Health Minister has also extended to the Odisha government all possible assistance in terms of preventive and curative measures for managing the situation, it said.
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First Published: Aug 01 2016 | 9:57 PM IST

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