NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION D. Illustrative Cases on Health Dealt by NHRC 85 1. Right Eye of a Nine Day Old Baby Eaten by Ants in Children Ward of Government Ummaid Hospital, Jodhpur, Rajasthan 85 (Case No. 882/20/19/2013) 2. An Infant Kept on Ventilator Died due to being Bitten by Rats in Government Hospital in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh 85 (Case No. 1051/1/6/2015) 3. A Pregnant Woman Turned Away by a Woman Surgeon and Employees at District Women Hospital, Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh 87 (Case No. 41931/24/65/2014) 4. Amputation of Foot of a 10 Year Old Boy due to Negligence of Doctors of Hindu Rao and Safdarjung Hospitals in Delhi 88 (Case No. 4301/30/0/2015) 5. Death of 9 Workers due to Silicosis in Chota Udepur Taluks of Vadodara District, Gujarat, and a Large Number of Workers Suffering from Silicosis 90 (Case No.212/6/9/2010) CHAPTER 7 RIGHT TO FOOD 93 A. A Study of Right to Food – Prevailing Situation among BPL Families in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh 96 B. Research Project on Agrarian Crisis and Farmers Suicides - An Empirical Study of the Endemic States-Issues and Concerns 96 C. Illustrative Case on Right to Food Dealt by NHRC 96 1. Non-supply of Food to Children at Anganwadis in Punjab 96 (Case No. 1164/19/0/2014) 2. 200 Girl Students Denied of Proper Food, Adequate Standard of Living in a Government Run Hostel for Tribes of Bhaluguda Sevashram in Malkangiri, Odisha 99 (Case No.3727/18/29/2013) ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017 v