New Delhi, Aug 13 (Zee News): Addressing media after visiting Baba Raghav Das College Hospital in Gorakhpur, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday broke down and said that nobody can be more sensitive towards those children than him.
"We are waiting for the report of the committee constituted by our Government. I would urge everyone to wait for that report. Not just in Gorakhpur but across the state, if any death is caused by the negligence of the hospital authorities the government will take strong action those responsible. Guilty won't be spared," said the Chief Minister.
Yogi Adityanath also asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is very much concerned and the Centre stands united with the state government.
"After becoming the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, this was my fourth visit to the BRD medical college.Our campaign against encephalitis is not new it has been running for quite some time," said Yogi Adityanath.
Earlier in the day, the death toll in Gorakhpur tragedy rose to 79 after 16 fresh deaths were reported due to encephalitis at the hospital.
The UP government has asked all the medical colleges to ensure that there is no shortage of medicines or oxygen, days after at least 30 children died in a state-run institute in Gorakhpur, an official said today.
The Uttar Pradesh government's medical education department, in a letter to the medical colleges, also directed them to immediately pay all the outstanding dues to the oxygen suppliers (if any).
"After the Gorakhpur tragedy, we have issued a written order to all the nine government medical colleges and 12 other prominent medical institutes in the state to ensure that there is no shortage of any medicine or oxygen in the hospitals," additional chief secretary, medical education, Anita Bhatnagar Jain told PTI.
"If there is any pending payment, which is yet to be made to any gas supplier, then it should be done immediately. There should be no shortage of oxygen in the institute, and adequate stock of oxygen must be maintained," Jain said.
The principals of all the medical colleges in the state have also been told to personally ensure that there is no shortage of any medicine or oxygen, and no laxity in this regard will be tolerated, she said.
"The deaths of children in Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College in Gorakhpur was not because of shortage of oxygen. The payment for gas supply in BRD Medical College was already done.
"Principals of all the medical colleges have been told to personally ensure that there is no shortage of any medicine or oxygen. They have also been told to personally monitor the gas level. There should not be any delay in making payments. If there is any problem, then it must be conveyed to the state government at the earliest," Jain said.
With PTI Inputs