Delhi’s Max hospital declares newborn baby dead who was alive, Probe Begins
The Delhi Medical Council is probing charges of negligence by a private hospital that declared dead a newborn who was alive. The baby was one among twins delivered by a woman at the Max Hospital in Shalimar Bagh on Thursday. While one was stillborn, doctors declared the other dead a few hours later. To the shock, the family discovered one of the baby was alive while taking both for burial. “Based on the reports where a newborn baby was declared dead along with his stillborn twin and handed over to his parents at Max Hospital Shalimar Bagh, Delhi, Medical Council has taken cognisance of the case and suo moto decided to examine the case,” the council said in a statement. State health minister Satyendra Jain has asked the department to submit a preliminary report on the incident within 72 hours and a final report by next week. Union health minister JP Nadda also directed the state government to look into the matter and take actions accordingly. “Two days after the woman was admitted to the hospital, following a C-Section delivery around 7-30pm, she first delivered a baby boy and then a girl 12 minutes later,” he said. -PTC News
