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November 11, 2014

India: 8 Women Die, Dozens Hospitalized After Mass Sterilization 
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In India, at least eight women have died, and nearly 70 others are
hospitalized, after receiving sterilization surgeries with infected
instruments as part of a government-run program. More than 80 women were
reportedly operated on over a six-hour period by a single doctor in the
central state of Chhattisgarh. India offers free sterilizations as a way
to curb population growth, often giving cash incentives that amount to
the equivalent of a week's salary for the poor.

 

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