The babies who died were two to three-days-old. Their parents alleged that only four out of 11 incubators were functioning at the hospital.

Tension prevailed at the hospital as a large number of people rushed there to protest against the authorities. Some locals alleged that the incident was also the result of the ongoing strike by junior doctors.

Demanding a hike in stipend, junior doctors in government-run hospitals are boycotting services.

The opposition Telugu Desam Party legislator D. Umamaheswara Rao, who visited the hospital, demanded a compensation of Rs.500,000 to the family of each of the newborns who died at the hospital.