1,250 kids died at Gorakhpur's BRD hospital since January
The BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, has witnessed 1,250 deaths since January 2017, especially in encephalitis, infant and children's wards. Further, a total of 290 children have died in the hospital in the month of August. While 213 of the 290 children died in the neonatal ICU, 77 died in the encephalitis ward, hospital's principal PK Singh said.