A spate of deaths of newborn babies at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Villupuram Government Medical College and Hospital at Mundiyambakkam has set off alarm bells in a State, which has been trying to bring down Neonatal Mortality Rate and Infant Mortality Rate over the years. In November 2014, 11 neonatal deaths were reported in Dharmapuri district. As many as seven new born babies admitted at the NICU in Villupuram Government Medical College and Hospital (VGMCH) died within a span of 24 hours on April 15....
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