MITHI: Eleven newborns died, 10 of them at the Mithi Civil Hospital alone, on Friday from the diseases and complications attributed mainly to malnutrition, infection and lack of proper medical facilities. One infant’s death was reported from Chachhro taluka.

With the fresh reported deaths, the toll of infant mortality due to such factors since January 1 was unofficially put at 380.

Published in Dawn, June 15th, 2019