Max newborn negligence case transferred to Crime Branch

Subsequently, the case was transferred from the district police to the Crime Branch, which is a specialised unit of the Delhi Police.

A panel formed by the Delhi government to look into the case yesterday found Max Hospital guilty of not following prescribed medical norms in dealing with newborn infants.

The case relates to the birth of twins (a boy and a girl) on November 30. The parents alleged the babies were declared dead by Max Hospital in Shalimar Bagh but they later discovered that the boy was alive.

The parents said they were told by the hospital that both the babies were stillborn. The infants were handed over to them in a polythene bag, they said.

The family discovered that the baby boy was breathing just before the last rites, the police said.

On December 2, Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain said the hospital's licence could be cancelled if a probe found it guilty of medical negligence.

Medical Dialogue steam had earlier reported that the primary inquiry report into the Max Hospital Shalimar Bagh incident submitted to Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain has found the hospital guilty of not having followed prescribed medical norms in dealing with newborn infants.

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