{
  "id": 9989197,
  "title": "Govt. apathy leads to death of 4,000 children every year: Kavitha",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/govt-apathy-leads-to-death-of-4-000-children-every-year-kavitha",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-26T13:40:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/govt-apathy-leads-to-death-of-4000-children-every-year-kavitha/article71512770.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kavitha, chief of the Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS), accused the government of negligence, causing around 4,000 children to lose their lives annually in Telangana. During a press conference, she presented statistics on infant deaths: 6,000 in 2020-21, 4,933 in 2022-23, and 3,853 in 2024-25. She also reported 1,046 infant deaths in Hyderabad for the previous year.\n\nKavitha pointed out the recent incident at RIMS in Adilabad, criticizing the Health Minister's visit. She claimed that the minister's concern was his helicopter running out of fuel instead of addressing the hospital's condition. Kavitha also criticized the government's healthcare expenditure, stating that only ₹9,242 crore was spent against a ₹13,192 crore allocation the previous year. Furthermore, she alleged that seven out of 11 health schemes had not received any budgetary allocation and that there was a ₹500 crore pending in Aarogyasri dues.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Kavitha claims government negligence causes 4,000 child deaths annually in Telangana.",
    "Infant deaths rose from 3,853 in 2024-25 to 6,000 in 2020-21.",
    "Health Minister's visit criticized for focusing on helicopter fuel instead of hospital issues."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}