Gandhinagar, January 5: All India Mahila Congress President Sushmita Dev asked questions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the reported deaths of over 134 infants in Gujarat's Rajkot Civil Hospital and over 85 deaths in Ahmedabad government hospital. Taking to Twitter, the Congress leader asked whether PM Narendra Modi and Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan will speak on this issue. She also demanded that BJP Mahila Morcha leader Locket Chatterjee visit Gujarat to take stock of the tragedy herself. Gujarat Infant Deaths: 111 Dead in a Month at Civil Hospital in Rajkot, 85 Deaths Reported in Ahmedabad Hospital, Says Report.

Sushmita Dev also urged the national media to "highlight this tragedy" and said that concern for children should not be selective. Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani, when asked for reaction on the deaths of children in Rajkot and Ahmedabad government hospital, walked away without answering the question.

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Besides the death of 219 children in Rajkot and Ahmedabad in December alone, over 253 infants have been reported from the civil hospital, Gujarat's largest government hospital, in past three months. This has raised alarms in the country and Gujarat regarding the state of medical care in the state. This report comes even as Ashok Gehlot led Rajasthan government is under fire as the deaths at Kota government hospital keep rising. The BJP had demanded strict action against the Rajasthan government for the infants deaths in Kota hospital but is now under scanner for infants deaths in Ahmedabad and Rajkot civil hospital.

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