INDIA
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A departmental inquiry has absolved pediatrician Dr Kafeel Khan of the charges of medical negligence, corruption and dereliction of duty on the day more than 60 children died at Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College due to oxygen shortage in August 2017. Inquiry Officer has admitted that ‘Dr. Kafeel brought 500 oxygen cylinders in 54 hours. He hasn’t committed any negligence. All the allegations levelled against him are irrelevant & without any substance.’ The report comes two years after Khan was suspended from the hospital and spent nine months in jail for the charges that he has now been cleared of. The doctor, who is out on bail, continues to be suspended from the BRD Medical College. He has demanded a CBI probe into the tragedy.