Hospital staff found guilty of two newborns' death

Staff of a state-run hospital have been found guilty of medical negligence that led to the death of two infants in a radiant warmer apparatus and strict action would be taken against them, officials said.
A four-membered probe committee, headed by Kolkata Medical College and Hospital principal Tapan Kumar Lahiri, submitted its report to the health department during the day.
"We have identified the staff who were responsible for the lapses. Some of them were directly involved and some are indirectly responsible for what happened. We have taken cognisance and the culprits would be dealt with severely,"West Bengal health secretary Malay Kumar De told PTI.

Refusing to comment as to how many staff were found guilty by the inquiry committee, he said strict action against the guilty would be taken soon for which the process has already been initiated.
Prof Sikha Banerjee, medical
superintendent-cum-vice-principal of the hospital said "We have submitted our report to the higher authorities. They will take the necessary action after reviewing the report".
The two infants were found on Friday last to have succumbed to the heat in the radiant warmer apparatus where they were kept as their body temperatures was low at birth.