In the absence of no or poor medical facilities, three siblings among four born to a woman have died in a hospital in Kupwara district.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the relative told media men that the three babies as per doctors didn’t survive due to ‘underweight’ on intervening Sunday and Monday night.
“Among the deceased babies include two boys and a girl”, the relative said adding another baby boy has been referred to JVC Hospital Bemina Srinagar.
“We live at a height of some 8000 feet from main Keran and there isn’t any proper medical health facility or road connectivity”, he said.
“We urge the district administration to kindly grant enough medical facilities and proper road connectivity to alleviate the sufferings of people”, he said.
Notably, the woman from Keran Kupwara was admitted with labour pains at PHC Keran and was referred the woman to SDH Kupwara around midnight, where she delivered a quadruplet, which included three boys and a girl.—KMS