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Tunisia's health minister resigns after 11 babies die in hospital

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia’s health minister Abdel-Raouf El-Sherif resigned on Saturday after 11 babies mysteriously died within 24 hours in a hospital in the capital, state news agency TAP said.

The health ministry and state prosecutors have launched investigations into the cause of the babies’ death which was likely due to a blood infection, it said.

Tunisians have complained about a decline of state services since the overthrow of Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011 which has brought a democratic transition but also thrown the country into an economic crisis.

Government critics say the public sector is rife with corruption.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tunisia-babies/tunisias-health-minister-resigns-after-11-babies-die-in-hospital-idUSKBN1QQ0OI

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Quid pro quo?

Air travel was miserable in 2017, but at least nobody died in a commercial jet crash.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2018/01/02/air-travel-was-miserable-in-2017-but-at-least-nobody-died-in-a-commercial-jet-crash/?utm_term=.58177b50d90f

Trump Takes Credit On Twitter For Zero Passenger Plane Crash Deaths In 2017

https://www.inquisitr.com/4712923/trump-takes-credit-on-twitter-for-zero-commercial-plane-crash-deaths-in-2017/

FLYING HIGH Crash deaths on commercial passenger jets totalled ZERO in 2017 – the safest year ever

The fatal accident rate for large commercial flights is 0.06 per million flights, or one fatal accident for every 16 million flights

https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/5251259/plane-crash-deaths-on-commercial-passenger-jets-totalled-zero-in-2017-the-safest-year-ever/

2017 the safest year on record for commercial air travel, 2 aviation groups say

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/2017-plane-safety-1.4469379