The Hindu : Assam Govt. orders probe

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Wednesday, November 14, 2001

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Front Page \| Previous \| Next Assam Govt. orders probe By Our Special Correspondent GUWAHATI, NOV. 13. The Assam Government today ordered an official probe into a case of death and hundreds of cases of sickness caused in children in the State following administering of vitamin A drops on Sunday, as part of a UNICEF-sponsored anti- blindness drive. Addressing mediapersons at the Janata Bhavan, the State Health Minister, Dr. Bhumidhar Barman, insisted that the sickness and death must have been caused by an overdose. While 25 lakh children were given the dose on Sunday, only 716 were ``affected'' and just one girl, the two-year-old Asha Bagchi of Lavok Tea Estate in Barak Valley, had died. Send this article to Friends by E-Mail
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Front Page \| Previous \| Next Assam Govt. orders probe By Our Special Correspondent GUWAHATI, NOV. 13. The Assam Government today ordered an official probe into a case of death and hundreds of cases of sickness caused in children in the State following administering of vitamin A drops on Sunday, as part of a UNICEF-sponsored anti- blindness drive. Addressing mediapersons at the Janata Bhavan, the State Health Minister, Dr. Bhumidhar Barman, insisted that the sickness and death must have been caused by an overdose. While 25 lakh children were given the dose on Sunday, only 716 were ``affected'' and just one girl, the two-year-old Asha Bagchi of Lavok Tea Estate in Barak Valley, had died. Send this article to Friends by E-Mail
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