“They (the hospital) killed my child” the dead baby’s mother Sunita
wailed inconsolably.
Sunita told the Hindustan Times newspaper that a hospital nurse had asked her
to deposit Rs200 to ensure continued incubator support for her baby.
“I pleaded that my husband needed time to arrange the money, but to no
avail and the baby was taken out of the incubator” she declared Early
Wednesday morning Sunita noticed that her child was motionless upon which a
panicked nursing staff, fearing disciplinary action immediately placed the
child back in the incubator.
Three hours later the baby had died.
Prakash Singh Badal, the state chief minister, said the child’s death at the
Civil hospital in Jalandhar, 252 miles north of Indian
capital New Delhi was “unfortunate” and has appointed a committee
of senior health officials to complete an inquiry into the incident within
two days.
He has tasked the committee to initiate action against errant hospital staff
and awarded £1,180 as compensation to the bereaved couple.
The hospital superintendent Dr Iqbal Singh has declined to comment on the
case.
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