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Photos: India sterilization "camp"

November 13, 2014 9:43AM ET

The death of 13 women paid to undergo sterilization highlights a dark side of Indian medicine

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Women who underwent sterilization surgery at a government mass sterilization "camp", are treated at a hospital in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh state, November 13, 2014, where they were relocated after 13 women who had the surgery died over the weekend. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters
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One of the women who had the sterilization shows the site of her surgery. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters
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A view of the facility where 83 women underwent sterilization surgery in one day, with 13 of them later dying. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters
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A stray dog stands inside the hospital where the surgeries took place. Eyewitness accounts of the hospital describe a facility covered in dust and cobwebs. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters
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A woman, who underwent the sterilization surgery is shifted to a hospital in Bilaspur. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters
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A woman who underwent the surgery at the hospital in Bilaspur. Many women from poor families chose to go through the procedure because it qualified them to receive the equivalent of $23, which for them is a substantial sum. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters
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A nurse at the Bilaspur hospital tends to women who underwent the sterilization surgery. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters
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Dr. R.K. Gupta, left, has been arrested in connection with the deaths. He says the women died because of adulterated medicines. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters
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Narain, the eight-year-old son of one of the victims, shows a photo of his deceased mother Phoolbai. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters