deaths: Hospital officials deny lack of oxygen caused the deaths, saying alternative supplies were found, and instead blamed many of the deaths on encephalitis and unspecified issues related to delivery of the infants, according to The Japan Times. On Sunday, J.P. Nadda, health minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet, visited the hospital in the town of Gorakhpur, 800 km about 500 miles east of New Delhi, accompanied by the state's chief minister, Yogi Adityanath. The government of Uttar Pradesh state, run by India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party BJP suspended Rajeev Misra, the head of the state-run Baba Raghav Das medical college, late Saturday and ordered an investigation. ; Indian media have said the deaths of 60 children, 34 infants among them, were caused in part by oxygen shortages after a private supplier cut the supply over unpaid bills. After the visit, the chief minister urged patience until the investigation is complete. Those found guilty will not be spared. We will know whether it was because of an oxygen shortage or due to a lack of proper treatment, Adityanath told reporters.
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