MS, HOD Gynae at Hindu Rao Hospital suspended, Doctors threaten Strike
New Delhi: Two Senior Doctors associated with the Hindu Rao Hospital have been placed under suspension after the hospital reported the death of three newborns on Diwali night. The families allege that they lost their children who were born normal, to medical negligence on the part of the doctors.
Two of the three newborn are believed to have lost their lives due to intra-uterine complications, while the third death occurred as a result of the slowing of the heartbeat. One of the families who admitted to having faced two miscarriages earlier, said the mother had conceived after a long wait, reports DNA.
The Medical Superintendent Dr AK Goyal and the Head of Gynecology Department of the hospital, Dr Mala Shukla have been placed under suspension by the North Municipal Corporation Department, after listening to the allegations made by families of the newborn, who met with their deaths.A committee has been constituted to look into whether there was any negligence.
“Further action will be taken based on the committee report,” a senior municipal health official told Hindustan times.
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