<p>Over 5,000 children, including newborns, died in the past three years while undergoing treatment at the government-run multi-speciality Safdarjung hospital here, an RTI reply has revealed.<br /><br /></p>.<p>While 2,545 children died within 48 hours of admission, of which 914 were newborn, 1,833 died after that. In reply to an RTI query by Mumbai resident Ajay Marathe, the hospital revealed that in the past three years, starting from 2009, a total of 24,924 people died while undergoing treatment at the hospital. <br /><br />The department of paediatrics reported 5,382 deaths of which 1,918 were neo-natal deaths, it said. The department of medicine reported the highest number of deaths at 9,108, followed by 3,460 deaths from the department of burns and plastic surgery and 2,755 from the department of surgery.<br /><br />The hospital had a total of 3,82,950 admissions in the past three years. Of the 24,924 deaths, 10,542 died under 48 hours and 14,382 over 48 hous the reply stated.</p>
<p>Over 5,000 children, including newborns, died in the past three years while undergoing treatment at the government-run multi-speciality Safdarjung hospital here, an RTI reply has revealed.<br /><br /></p>.<p>While 2,545 children died within 48 hours of admission, of which 914 were newborn, 1,833 died after that. In reply to an RTI query by Mumbai resident Ajay Marathe, the hospital revealed that in the past three years, starting from 2009, a total of 24,924 people died while undergoing treatment at the hospital. <br /><br />The department of paediatrics reported 5,382 deaths of which 1,918 were neo-natal deaths, it said. The department of medicine reported the highest number of deaths at 9,108, followed by 3,460 deaths from the department of burns and plastic surgery and 2,755 from the department of surgery.<br /><br />The hospital had a total of 3,82,950 admissions in the past three years. Of the 24,924 deaths, 10,542 died under 48 hours and 14,382 over 48 hous the reply stated.</p>