The tragic death of over 60 children in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur has been termed as a ‘massacre’ by Nobel laureate and child’s rights activist, Kailash Satyarthi.
The social worker also appealed to the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath to fix the corrupt medical system of the state.
30 kids died in hospital without oxygen. This is not a tragedy. It's a massacre. Is this what 70 years of freedom means for our children?
— Kailash Satyarthi (@k_satyarthi) August 11, 2017
Appeal to CM @myogiadityanath Ji. Your decisive intervention can correct decades of corrupt medical system of UP to prevent such incidents.
— Kailash Satyarthi (@k_satyarthi) August 11, 2017
Meanwhile, deputy chief minister of the state, KP Maurya promised strict action against people responsible for the tragedy. He said that opposition parties are giving statements in a hurry, but the government is committed to service of the people.
Senior Congress leader, Manish Tiwari demanded the resignation of Yogi Adityanath, who is also MP of the Gorakhpur constituency.
Since the past two days, 63 children died in the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College in Gorakhpur.
