West Bengal: Child rights body visits hospital as respiratory infection deaths continue

March 9, 2023

On Wednesday, members of the West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) visited a hospital in Kolkata as child deaths due to acute respiratory infection (ARI) continued in the state. The WBCPCR members visited the Dr BC Roy Post Graduate Institute of Paediatric Sciences and spoke to families of children who were undergoing treatment there, officials said. Several children have died in the state over the last few weeks due to ARI and adenovirus.

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