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Sarada Lahangir

Not just SUM hospital, 565 of 568 private hospitals in Odisha have no fire safety clearance

The fire disaster was waiting to happen with the SUM hospital flouting at least five major fire safety regulations.

Sarada Lahangir
· Oct 20, 2016 · 06:30 am
Thirty children in Odisha’s Malkangiri have died of Japanese encephalitis in just 25 days

Health officials suspect the virus is being transmitted via pigs reared in the district’s tribal populations.

Sarada Lahangir
· Oct 05, 2016 · 02:30 pm
In photos: The many Dana Majhis of Odisha

Stories of the poor in Odisha having to carry dead bodies of family members over long distances are tragically common.

Sarada Lahangir
· Sep 10, 2016 · 05:45 am