UP govt has 23 reasons for 23 deaths, but lack of oxygen isn't one of them

Gorakhpur tragedy: The official line eliminates any human or institutional hand or negligence

According to medical records from August 10, 2017, which The Wire has accessed, none of the 23 children who died that day at BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur, died of a lack of oxygen. As far as the official government record goes, they died of 23 other things, including brain damage, cerebral palsy, low birth weight, sepsis and malnutrition.

August 10 was a bad day to be a child in Ward 100 of BRD Medical College. Of the 23 children who died, six were admitted to the hospital when they were only one day old. Fifteen out of the 23 were less