5 more kids die in West Bengal

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Five more babies have died at Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, days after 13 crib deaths were reported from the premier hospital in the West Bengal district.

Five more babies have died at Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, days after 13 crib deaths were reported from the premier hospital in the West Bengal district but the authorities maintained there was nothing alarming in the death figures which was normal.

Three babies died in the paediatric ward and two in the nursery where new borns are kept since Saturday, due to low weight, a senior hospital official said.

Four days back 12 babies died at the hospital and one on Thursday.