Paediatrician Kafeel Khan of Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College and Hospital, Uttar Pradesh, who had been suspended in 2017 after the death of 70 children due to oxygen shortage, has been dismissed, a government official said on Thursday.

Dr Khan was sacked after a probe into the circumstances leading to children’s death found him guilty, said UP Principal Secretary (Medical Education) Alok Kumar. As the matter is sub judice, the detailed information about his dismissal will be given to the court, he added.