Tellipalai residents receiving maternity care from the local hospital protested on Thursday, demanding improvements in care standards and the appointment of a specialist obstetrician/gynaecologist.
Protestors said that 12 babies had died due to substandard care in the seven years since the Tellipalai Hospital had been released from military occupation.
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