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Eleven Indian women lost their lives after a state ordered sterilization at a government-run health camp in the central state of Chhattisgarh.
Eleven Indian women have died after undergoing botched sterilisation surgery at a government-run health camp in the central state of Chhattisgarh.
More than 50 others are in hospital - at least 20 are in a critical condition following the tubectomy operations.
Officials deny negligence. Four health officials have been suspended.State-run sterilisation camps are held to curb India's 1.3bn population. Most of those operated on are women - many poor and often paid to be sterilised.
The tubectomies were carried out on Saturday in Pendari village in Bilaspur district.
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SOURCE: #BBC
Eleven Indian women have died after undergoing botched sterilisation surgery at a government-run health camp in the central state of Chhattisgarh.
More than 50 others are in hospital - at least 20 are in a critical condition following the tubectomy operations.
Officials deny negligence. Four health officials have been suspended.State-run sterilisation camps are held to curb India's 1.3bn population. Most of those operated on are women - many poor and often paid to be sterilised.
The tubectomies were carried out on Saturday in Pendari village in Bilaspur district.
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SOURCE: #BBC
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