Four more babies died at Kolkata's B C Roy Children's Hospital, which has witnessed a series of crib deaths, besides 12 newborns in the Burdwan Medical College, taking the death toll in two government hospitals in West Bengal to 29 on Friday.
Two more infants died on Thursday at the government-run B C Roy Children's Hospital in Kolkata taking the crib death toll to 13 in three days in a rerun of the tragedy when 18 babies passed away in two days in the same hospital in June.
Doctors were on Friday keeping a close watch on the condition of children at a premier state-run hospital in Kolkata where 18 babies died in the last two days triggering large-scale protests and demonstrations.
Eleven babies died at the B C Roy Children's Hospital in Kolkata since Tuesday in a rerun of the 18 crib deaths in June there.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday made an unscheduled visit to B C Roy Children's Hospital in the metropolis where 18 infants died in a span of 48 hours and said she will take up the issue of high infant mortality rate in the state with the prime minister.
With the death of two more infants, the death toll at the state-run B C Roy Children's Hospital in Kolkata has risen to 23, sparking protests by political parties.
Altogether 35 children have died at Kolkata's state-run B C Roy Children's Hospital in the last five days.
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