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A four-month-old girl died from malnutrition in Satna. Her twin brother is in intensive care. The siblings were treated by a quack for 15 days. This incident exposes failures in rural health monitoring. The family lacked guidance on infant nutrition. Officials confirmed multiple lapses in the case. An FIR was filed against the quack.

Health minister Rustam Singh had admitted to 8 to 10 deaths between March and September. CMHO Dr RP Saral was removed last week because of deaths related to malnourishment in the district.

Five more deaths of malnourished children have been reported from Rewa district. The latest deaths have been reported from Ovari village of Jawa block, the same backward region of the district where four malnourished children had died recently.

Pictures of a man being carried on a cot to a hospital in Rewa district had gone viral, prompting people to mock and question the healthcare facilities in the state. Kin of the patient told reporters that they called an ambulance and waited for almost two hours before deciding to get him to the hospital on their own.

A bus carrying pilgrims from Varanasi to Bengaluru rammed into a stationary truck in Rewa district early on Tuesday. A total of 10 out of 49 pilgrims who were on a pilgrimage to Varanasi sustained injuries, no casualties were reported.

Four people — all residents of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh — were killed after the car they were travelling in overturned in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday afternoon.

A 35-year-old mentally retarded and childless man was allegedly taken away and vasectomised in the district hospital in Rewa, under the government’s sterilisation drive.

Seven of the 40 people who were injured in the bus accident that took place in Rewa on Friday night killing 15 people, are still admitted at Rewa.

A convict, lodged in Satna jail, serving term for murder, escaped from Sanjay Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Rewa, where he was taken for treatment on Monday morning.

Satna district administration and police on Sunday confiscated more than 600 oxygen cylinders from Satna and Rewa district and distributed them to various hospitals.

Madhya Pradesh State Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) has served notices on state Health Commissioner and Rewa district’s Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO), taking suo motu cognizance of a TOI report in connection with vasectomy performed on a mentally-ill and married man in Rewa district last week. “MPHRC acting chairman Justice A K Saxena has served notice on two top health department officials, asking them to furnish a report about the case within three weeks,” MPHRC joint director (PR) Rohit Mehta told TOI.