Letter to BS: Over 100 infant deaths in Kota are a national shame

It is not merely a question of poor medical facilities, inadequate medical staff and medical negligence, though all of these must be addressed on a priority basis

Over a hundred infant deaths just in a month’s time at a government-run hospital in Kota are a national shame. They make a statement: India is no country for newborn babies. The ineffable joy of childbirth is lost when a neonate dies. As a nation, we seem to have become desensitised to infant deaths. Registering the highest number of infant deaths in the world is a dubious record that India should not have let itself have.

The central and state governments try to evade responsibility for the infant deaths for which both should take the blame in equal measure. Political sparring