Ahmedabad: 85 infants died in civil hospital in December

As many as 85 infants have died during treatment at a government-run hospital in Ahmedabad in December last year, an official said on Sunday. The official said that premature birth was a major reason behind the children's deaths. "In December, 455 newborns were admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit (ICU), of them, 85 died," said official. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who was in Vadodara, was seen evading reporters' question on the children deaths.Meanwhile, in Rajkot civil hospital, as many as 1,235 children have died within the span of a year.