The staff of Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital declared a newborn baby dead but was found alive 30 minutes before burial.
In a shocking case of negligence by a team of doctors at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital, a newborn baby was found alive just 30 minutes before burial. The angry parents and family members have filed a complaint with the police.
The family of South Delhi’s Badarpur area told the police that after the baby boy’s birth on Sunday morning, the nursing staff of the hospital found him unresponsive, and declared him dead. The child’s father, later took the baby home, while the mother, whose condition was not stable, remained admitted in the hospital. It was when the child’s father along with his other family members started preparing for a burial that they realized there were some movements in the pack. When they opened the pack, they found that the child was moving. They immediately called the police, and the baby was rushed to Apollo Hospital, where the baby was declared fit and stable.
This is the third “baby controversy” case reported from the hospital this year. Earlier this month, a couple had alleged that doctors exchanged their baby boy with a girl.
In January, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) had issued a notice to the hospital and the Delhi police and sought an explanation on the complaint of a woman, who alleged that she delivered twins at the hospital but was handed over only one child.
