LUCKNOW, March 28 -- For the second year in a row, a group of orphans with special needs from the Nirvan Rajkiya Bal Grih Visheshikrit in Lucknow have landed in hospital with symptoms of severe dehydration, diarrhoea and vomiting.

Four children have died at three different hospitals, raising concerns about the hygiene and sanitation at the facility.

Dr Rajeev Dixit, chief medical superintendent of Lok Bandhu Hospital, where the majority of the children are still being treated, said, "This happened last year as well, when almost 20 children from this shelter came in with symptoms of dehydration and diarrhoea. The first time, there were no deaths recorded."

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