LUCKNOW, Oct. 16 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Thursday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to submit a roadmap for providing ventilators and other medical facilities at all 45 state-run medical colleges in a case concerning a newborn's death allegedly due to lack of ventilator support. A division bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive Shukla passed the order while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Ashutosh Kumar Singh. At the previous hearing in September, the court had reprimanded officials and directed the additional chief secretary (medical education) to investigate the alleged negligence and submit a plan to prevent such incidents. The newborn, who had congenital complications, was taken to the Government Autonomous Medical College in Sultanpur, where surgery was required but no surgeon was available. The college's counsel told the court that the institution, which opened three years ago, did not have ventilators. The infant was subsequently taken to KGMU, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences and SGPGI in Lucknow, but could not receive treatment due to the unavailability of beds. The newborn died within 24 hours. The court fixed December 10, 2026, as the next hearing date. MANOJ KUMAR SINGH...