10 WOMEN DIE AFTER BOTCHED AT GOVERNMENT STERILIZATION 'CAMP' IN INDIA (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Tuesday, November 11, 2014, 15:00

Ten women died and 14 were in a serious condition after botched operations at a government mass sterilization "camp" in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, officials said on Tuesday.

The women fell ill on Monday, two days after surgery at a so-called family planning camp at a village. Such camps are held regularly in Chhattisgarh and other Indian states as part of a long-running effort to control India's booming population.

"It was a serious matter of negligence. It was unfortunate," the chief minister of the state, Raman Singh, told reporters. Four officials have been suspended and an investigation will be held, he said.

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