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Two months after the death of 63 of children at BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur created a national uproar, leading to the arrest of the institution's principal, a doctor and other
staff, the death toll at the hospital continues to remain high. Reports suggest that 69 children have died in the last four days out of which 19 deaths have occurred in the last 24 hours.
Six children were reportedly suffering from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and 13 newborns have passed away at the government-run hospital. This time, however, the deaths did not occur due to
lack of oxygen or poor treatment but due to the fact that they were brought to the hospital in a very critical condition. As many as three dozen patients, mostly affected by encephalitis,
were being treated at BRD Medical College. Five patients from Bihar were also being treated there, doctors said. ALSO READ: CONGRESS WINS NANDED, OPPOSITION CRUSHED Officials said that 1,470
patients have been admitted to the BRD Medical College since January this year, adding that a total of 310 have died. According to hospital records, the number of patients admitted varied
between 333 and 360 over the last four days, and the number of deaths varied from 12 to 20 each day. According to records, 12 children died on October 7, 20 on October 8, 18 died on October
9, and 19 deaths were reported on October 10. BRD Medical College hit the headlines earlier in August when 63 children, including infants, died within a span of one week due to disruption of
oxygen supply by the vendor. Although the state government had denied that the deaths were due to oxygen shortage, An FIR was lodged against nine people including the then college
principal, clerks, the pharmacist and the owner of the oxygen supplying company for negligence.