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At 26, city betters nation’s infant mortality rate
Edit The Times of India 08 May 2016
Mumbai. Despite a dozen children dying everyday, infant mortality in the city registered a 6% decline in 2015-16 ... The fast decline has been attributed to increased institutional deliveries combined with better antenatal care and improved neonatal facilities ... Among the main causes of deaths, prematurity, low-birth weight, infections, asphyxia (body deprived of oxygen) and congenital problems have once again emerged as the big killers ... ....
Ghana Rugby pays tribute to May 9th stadium disaster victims
Edit Modern Ghana 08 May 2016
By Myjoyonline.com. The Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) showed solidarity with the families of the 2001 May 9th Stadium Disaster victims by turning up in their numbers at the annual May 9th Remembered street march in Kumasi, Ghana. The Accra Sport Stadium disaster occurred at the then Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra, Ghana on May 9, 2001 ... Panic ensued and a resulting stampede led to the deaths from compressive asphyxia of 127 people. Mr ... Mr ... ....
New York man found in bay wearing cement shoes was asphyxiated
Edit Toronto Sun 07 May 2016
NEW YORK - A man whose face was wrapped in duct tape and feet encased in concrete when his body washed ashore in New York City this week was killed by asphyxia, the New York City Medical Examiner's Office said on Friday....
No let-up in Tripura infant deaths: Survey
Edit The Times of India 07 May 2016
Guwahati ... Again, 16.9% of the deaths are attributed to pneumonia, 9.9% to birth asphyxia and birth trauma, 7.9% to other non-communicable diseases, 6.7% to diarrhoeal diseases, 4.6% to ill-defined, 4.6% to congenital anomalies, 4.2% to infections, 2.1% to injuries, 1.7% to fever of unknown origin and 5.4% due to other causes. ....
Mumbai couple killed themselves over financial issues, say police
Edit Indian Express 07 May 2016
The elderly couple who allegedly killed themselves in Borivli on Thursday had been worried over financial problems plaguing their business, police have said ... The couple had left behind a suicide note, which said they were taking their lives over financial issues ... They lived in Borivli west with their son, his wife and grandson ... A post-mortem examination at Shatabdi Hospital has ruled that the couple died of asphyxia due to hanging....
Philly hospital's unique gift to new moms something that's rare in the U.S.
Edit NJ dot com 07 May 2016
A newly launced program provides mothers with necessities for their newborns. PHILADELPHIA -- New mother Brianna Devero wasn't prepared for little Steve to enter the world for another two weeks, but thanks to a new hospital program, his early arrival was celebrated with a gift. Steve Tomzelli Jr ... SUIDs can be attributed to suffocation, asphyxia, entrapment, infection, ingestions, metabolic diseases and trauma ... ....
Infant mortality on the rise in Tripura
Edit The Times of India 06 May 2016
16.9 per cent of the deaths are attributed to pneumonia, 9.9 per cent due to birth asphyxia and birth trauma, 7.9 per cent due to other non-communicable diseases, 6.7 per cent due to diarrhoeal diseases, 4.6 per cent undefined, 4.6 per cent due to congenital anomalies, 4.2 per cent due to infections, 2.1 per cent due to injuries, 1.7 per cent due ......
Prioritise newborn care to curb rising deaths - Paediatrician
Edit Modern Ghana 05 May 2016
By GNA. By Dennis Peprah, GNA ... Speaking at an advocacy session organized by the Brong-Ahafo Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) for traditional queens, heads of religious and civil society organisations and a section of the media, she said infections, prematurity, asphyxia together with lack of life -saving equipment to provide emergency care, were some of the causes of the growing neonatal deaths ... Dr ... Dr ... Dr ... Mr ... Dr ... Dr ... ....
Prioritise Newborn Care To Curb Rising Deaths - Pediatrician
Edit Peace FM Online 05 May 2016
Dr ... Speaking at an advocacy session organized by the Brong-Ahafo Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) for traditional queens, heads of religious and civil society organisations and a section of the media, she said infections, prematurity, asphyxia together with lack of life -saving equipment to provide emergency care, were some of the causes of the growing neonatal deaths ... Dr ... Dr ... Dr ... Mr ... ... Dr ... Dr ... . ... ....
Restraint injuries persist at youth jail where boy died 12 years ago
Edit The Guardian 05 May 2016
MoJ report says there were 65 incidents across six facilities in 2014-15, the highest number at G4s-run Rainsbrook ... One child vomited while being held in a “prolonged” restraint at G4S-run Rainsbrook, a secure training centre (STC) where teenager Gareth Myatt died in 2004 from “positional asphyxia” after choking on his own vomit while being restrained by guards ... The Ministry of Justice said it had introduced a new system of restraint ... ....
Mumbai police say he hanged himself, Crime Branch probes death
Edit Indian Express 03 May 2016
The Body of a youth was found inside a lock-up of the Mulund police station in the early hours of Monday, police said. The Mumbai Police Crime Branch is probing the custodial death of the 20-year-old. The victim was identified as Amit Rathod, who died of asphyxia after allegedly hanging himself with his shirt. His body was found around 2.30 am. Rathod and his accomplice were arrested on Saturday for allegedly breaking into a house....
Class, Football, and Blame: the Hillsborough Disaster Inquest
Edit CounterPunch 02 May 2016
“Many of the 96 died within feet of me ... The Leppings Lane stand, accessible only via one of seven turnstiles, became a death trap for Liverpool fans ... They witnessed coronial proceedings that found that spectators at the match had died of compression asphyxia, a situation compounded by a catastrophically inadequate response from the South Yorkshire metropolitan ambulance service and police personnel ... The answer was an affirming Yes ... No ... ....
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