Doctor, nurses beaten up after 3 newborns die allegedly post injection administration
The relatives alleged that the babies' condition worsened subsequent to the injection administered by the doctor.
Ranchi: A doctor and some nurses at a government hospital in Jharkhand's Giridih were beaten up by relatives of three newborn babies who died in the hospital recently.
According to a recent report by IANS, three women had given birth to the babies two days ago at the hospital and the delivery was normal. A doctor had given an injection to all three babies noting their critical condition.
However, the relatives alleged that the babies' condition worsened subsequent to the injection administered by the doctor.
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The doctor also referred them to a hospital in Dhanbad. The father of one took the baby to the advised hospital however the two others remained in the hospital. All three died on May 21st.
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