Raami Murugan is slowly picking up the pieces of her life after motherhood lost. Her baby girl was born premature en route to the Agali Community Health Centre on January 14. The baby, which weighed hardly above one kg, was declared dead on arrival. She is among 34 tribal infants who died in /the past six months due to malnutrition at Attappady in Palakkad district However, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and his Ministers blamed young mothers of Attappady for not “eating properly” and branded them alcoholics, saying their habits led to the death of their children. Source: The Hindu Read more
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