and absence of care in such a matter is not mitigated by realization of mistake…. apology by CGHS cannot bring relief to the complainant whose daughter had to pass through a trauma as a result of administration of wrong medicine. The girl has still not fully recovered. The complainant being a working woman cannot leave her daughter unattended at home and she has apprised the Commission of her decision to admit her daughter in a hostel for mentally retarded persons at Ahmedabad. She has also produced many cash memos and vouchers showing the expenses which she had incurred on medicines and investigations after deterioration in the health of her daughter. She has produced investigation reports and she states that the corresponding vouchers were torn by her daughter in a fit of anger.” 6.180 The Commission observed that the complainant should be appropriately compensated for the expenses incurred by her and also for the suffering she and her daughter had to pass through. Therefore, the Commission recommended to the Director of CGHS to pay an amount of Rs. 1,00,000 to the complainant. 6.181 The Government has filed CWP 9776/2007 in the High Court of Delhi against this recommendation. The matter is sub judice. 42. Infants Die due to Bacterial Infections in Sree Avittam Thirunal Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (Case No. 14/11/12/2007-2008) 6.182 The Commission took suo motu cognizance of a news item in the 'Deccan Herald' dated 2 March 2007, titled "Hospital rocked by infants' deaths". It was reported that 23 newborn children at the Government run Sree Avittam Thirunal Hospital for children had died within a month after contracting bacterial infections. The revelation was the outcome of an inquiry conducted by the paediatrics wing of the hospital after it noticed the abnormal number of infant deaths. It was also reported that 18 of the 23 children died in April 2007 due to infection by klebsiella bacteria and four others from staphylococcus. 6.183 The Commission forwarded the news item on 9 May 2007 to Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Kerala for a factual report, which is still awaited. l) Starvation Deaths 43. Starvation Forcing People to Eat Rock in Nuapada District, Orissa (Case No. 232/18/30/2007-2008) 6.184 The Commission came across a distressing news item in 'The Assam Tribune' dated 2 June 2007 titled “Starvation forcing people to eat rock in Orissa”. It stated that the people in backward Nuapada District are forced to eat rocks to fend off hunger. The electronic media also covered this news. 66 National Human Rights Commission