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Three more dead in NTT from malnutrition
KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Three more infants have died from malnutrition in the East Nusa Tenggara capital of Kupang
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KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Three more infants have died from malnutrition in the East Nusa Tenggara capital of Kupang.
Monika Monteiro and Soni Haning, from Oebelo village, Central Kupang district, and Defiana M. Kefi from Pasir Panjang subdistrict, died on Friday.
They had been undergoing treatment for malnutrition at W.Z. Yohannes General Hospital.
Their deaths bring to nine the number of infants killed this year because of malnutrition and related illnesses. Seven came from Kupang municipality and regency, while the other two were from East Sumba regency.
On Sunday, Yakob Haning, Soni*s father, said his son had died from complications of diarrhea and malnutrition. -- JP
