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“We cannot allow people to carelessly cause the deaths of six babies and then sleep peacefully while pointing fingers at the authorities,” he said at a programme at Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College in the capital.

Six newborns, aged between one and four days, died within a few hours on the morning of May 27. On June 11, the DGHS cancelled the hospital’s licence after an investigation found negligence by hospital authorities, nurses and staff, as well as the absence of an on-duty physician.