Gorakhpur tragedy: Grieving father complains against ministers

Gorakhpur, August 16

Father of a deceased child, who died in Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College tragedy, has filed a police complaint against the Health Minister, Medical Education Minister and the Principal Secretary Health in Gorakhpur.

The father of the deceased child, Rajbhar, who hails from Gopalganj in Bihar, had admitted his child for treatment on August 10.

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Rajbhar, in a letter, has claimed that his child died due to disruption of oxygen supply and has blamed Health Minister Siddharth Nath Singh, Medical Education Minister Ashutoh Tandon and Principal Secretary Health Prashant Trivedi for that.

He alleged that no post-mortem was done after the child’s death.

The complaint was filed on August 14, but no FIR has been registered yet.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, meanwhile, has outright blamed the college principal, Rajiv Mishra, for laxity in performing his duty.

He said a team of top ministers was asked to determine if the death of the children was actually due to a disruption in oxygen supply at the hospital and assured “not to spare anyone found guilty”. ANI