Hyderabad, Nov 16 - The Andhra Pradesh government Monday ordered a probe into the death of seven newborn babies, allegedly due to faulty incubators at a government-run hospital.

Health Minister D. Nagender ordered an enquiry into the incident that took place at Old Government Hospital in Vijayawada city.

Seven infants died in the newborn babies ward at the hospital Sunday.

'We have deputed a team of doctors to probe the incident. If it is proved that the death was caused by the negligence by the hospital staff we will take action,' the minister said here.

The parents alleged that the babies died due to faulty incubators, failure of the oxygen system and the negligence of the doctors.

The hospital authorities initially claimed that the deaths were due to various ailments but later agreed to conduct an enquiry.

After the parents of the babies staged a protest and local legislators also joined them, hospital superintendent H.