{"id":282087,"date":"2011-02-25T12:55:50","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T12:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/25\/infected-fluids-probed-over-pregnancy-deaths-in-india\/"},"modified":"2011-02-25T12:55:50","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T12:55:50","slug":"infected-fluids-probed-over-pregnancy-deaths-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/25\/infected-fluids-probed-over-pregnancy-deaths-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Infected fluids probed over pregnancy deaths in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"65.8976660682\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link -->       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<p>By <b>Harmeet Shah Singh<\/b>, CNN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"42.862849534\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><!-- PURGE: \/2011\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/02\/25\/india.hospital.deaths\/t1larg.india.hospital.gi.afp.jpg --><!-- KEEP --><!--===========CAPTION==========--><\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<p>Contaminated intravenous fluids resulted in 12 women dying in labor in 10 days in the Umaid government hospital in India.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--===========\/CAPTION=========--><!-- \/PURGE: \/2011\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/02\/25\/india.hospital.deaths\/t1larg.india.hospital.gi.afp.jpg --> <!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>Hospital: The women already were suffering from pregnancy-related complications<\/li>\n<li>No other patient given IVs from the same stocks developed symptoms, Chhangani says<\/li>\n<li>Lab tests confirmed some bottles were infected, he says<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>New Delhi, India (CNN)<\/b> &#8212; A government hospital in western India has found infected intravenous fluids (IVs) in its stocks after 12 women in labor died in 10 days from excessive hemorrhage, its head said.<\/p>\n<p>Narendra Chhangani, the medical superintendent of Umaid hospital at Jodhpur in Rajasthan state, said that most of the women already suffered pregnancy-related complications.<\/p>\n<p>No other patient given IVs from the same stocks developed symptoms, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, laboratory tests on fluids ordered after the alarming deaths confirmed &#8220;few bottles&#8221; were indeed infected, Chhangani said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This could be one of the causes,&#8221; the hospital chief said, adding a police complaint has been filed for deeper investigation and action against IV suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the newborns are safe, Chhangani said.<\/p>\n<p>Official data puts India&#8217;s maternal mortality ratio at 254 per 100,000 live births. The 2004-06 figure translates into about 67,000 maternal deaths annually, authorities say.<\/p>\n<p>India aims to bring down the nation&#8217;s maternal mortality ratio to 100 per 100,000 live births by 2012.<\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntnt --><!-- \/cnn_strycntntrgt --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Here is the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/cnn_world\/~3\/aWu4Mqa2Eow\/\" title=\"Infected fluids probed over pregnancy deaths in India\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Infected fluids probed over pregnancy deaths in India<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Harmeet Shah Singh , CNN Contaminated intravenous fluids resulted in 12 women dying in labor in 10 days in the Umaid government hospital in India. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Hospital: The women already were suffering from pregnancy-related complications No other patient given IVs from the same stocks developed symptoms, Chhangani says Lab tests confirmed some bottles were infected, he says New Delhi, India (CNN) &#8212; A government hospital in western India has found infected intravenous fluids (IVs) in its stocks after 12 women in labor died in 10 days from excessive hemorrhage, its head said. Narendra Chhangani, the medical superintendent of Umaid hospital at Jodhpur in Rajasthan state, said that most of the women already suffered pregnancy-related complications<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-282087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Infected fluids probed over pregnancy deaths in India - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/25\/infected-fluids-probed-over-pregnancy-deaths-in-india\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Infected fluids probed over pregnancy deaths in India - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Harmeet Shah Singh , CNN Contaminated intravenous fluids resulted in 12 women dying in labor in 10 days in the Umaid government hospital in India. 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