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Tunisia Probes Deaths of 11 Newborns, Health Minister Resigns

Tunisia Probes Deaths of 11 Newborns, Health Minister Resigns
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By Staff, Agencies

Tunisia's health minister Abdel-Raouf El-Sherif resigned following multiple investigations launched into the sudden deaths of 11 newborns at a state maternity hospital in the capital.

Relatively, Prime Minister Youssef Chahed accepted El-Sherif's resignation, according to official news agency TAP, after the health ministry said 11 newborns were reported dead on Thursday and Friday at Rabta hospital in the capital Tunis.

Chahed ordered an investigation into the deaths and vowed to hold those responsible accountable.

Meanwhile, preliminary findings revealed that the deaths were "likely caused by septic shock resulting from blood infections", the ministry said.

The Tunisian prosecutor's office also ordered the opening of a judicial investigation into the deaths.

The public health system in Tunisia has been hit by management and financial problems that lowered standards and caused drug shortages.

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