The Union government has approved the setting up of a regional medical centre at a cost of ₹85 crore in Gorakhpur for in-depth research into children’s diseases, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda said on August 13, 2017.

The announcement comes in the backdrop of the deaths of 30 children over 48 hours since August 9, 2017 midnight at a government hospital in Gorakhpur.

Mr. Nadda, who was addressing a press conference along with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, said that before coming to Gorakhpur he had given his nod to the proposal for the regional medical research centre. “During the last Parliament session, I had assured Adityanathji that a full-fledged institute will soon be set up,” he said.