'Rat poison' drug warning after India sterilisation deaths
- 16-Nov-2014
NEW DELHI: A senior Indian health official warned Sunday against buying an antibiotic feared laced with a toxin found in rat poison and linked to the deaths of 13 women who underwent sterilisation operations.
India opposition leader blasts sterilisation deaths
- 15-Nov-2014
NEW DELHI: India's opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi demanded Saturday a "thorough probe" into the sterilisation surgery deaths of 13 women as local media alleged the victims were treated with antibiotics contaminated with rat poison.
Ten Indian women die, dozens sick after mass sterilisation
- 11-Nov-2014
RAIPUR: Ten women have died in India and dozens more are in hospital, some in a critical condition, after a state-run programme that pays women to undergo sterilisation went badly wrong, officials said Tuesday.