HEALTH Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday said he is "ready to resign" if that helps, over the rising maternal deaths in Ballari, whose toll has now touched five. "If I am at fault, I am ready to step down. This is not about prestige or power, it's about people's lives," Gundu Rao told the media on Friday. "If my resignation will help, I am prepared to do so. But we are taking this matter very seriously," he added, describing the situation as a challenge for him and the government.
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