Max Newborn Negligence: Police await Delhi Medical Council report
New Delhi: The Delhi Police will proceed with its probe into the case of a newborn being wrongly declared dead by a city-based hospital only after it receives a reply from the Delhi Medical Council (DMC) on whether there was medical negligence in the matter, a police official said.
The Delhi Medical Council (DMC) has received replies from the nine doctors and two nurses of Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh who were issued notices last month for alleged medical negligence in connection with the case.
A senior DMC official said that they have received the replies and these will be put up before its executive committee.
The committee will form an expert panel comprising pediatricians and gynaecologists that will prepare a report in the matter, he said.
The process might take a fortnight.
A police official, privy to the probe, said that they will proceed further with the investigation only after they receive a report in the matter from the DMC.
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