Pb Govt denies claims that protesting teacher's daughter died

Punjab Government today refuted the claims of protesting elementary training teachers that a child who was at the venue in Bhatinda with her mother died due to cold, and said she was suffering from "infantile tremor syndrome".
"Doctors who treated 14-month-old Eknoor Kaur said that aspiration could be the cause of her death," Bhatinda Civil Surgeon Ajay Sahni said in a statement here today.
"The child was suffering from infantile tremor syndrome due to vitamin deficiency as she was being only milk fed even at 14 months of age," the statement reads.
The teachers have been protesting near the Inter-State Bus Stand at Bhatinda for the past few days to press their demands, including higher salary and emoluments.

The child, who was with her protesting mother, died on Thursday after which the protesting teachers claimed that she died due to cold conditions.
Sahni said Eknoor was admitted to the civil hospital on the evening of February 3 after she fell ill when her mother was protesting on top of the water tank and wanted the medical staff to come and check the child there itself.

He said the infant was in a weak state with a history of being only milk fed despite being 14 months old. The infant also had a history of involuntary tremors, he said.

He said following treatment her condition improved initially. But the death of the child around 2 AM on February 6 was sudden and could be because of aspiration or cardiac myopathy which happens when the cardiac muscles do not contract properly.
He said an examination post death, however, pointed to aspiration as the most likely cause. Sahni said Eknoor had been given due medical care during her stay at the hospital.
He said on February 4 the girl had also been referred to the Medical College, Faridkot and a note in this regard was made in her medical file but her family and attendants insisted she be treated at the civil hospital only.

Meanwhile the teachers continued their protest today at Bhatinda, disrupting normal life around the ISBT area.