HIV Stigma in Healthcare workers? HIV positive delivery patient allegedly left unattended in Hospital
Firozabad: In an alleged case of gross negligence, a 20-year-old HIV-positive woman lost her newborn child after she was allegedly left unattended by the hospital staff who "refused" to touch her.
Firozabad Medical College principal Dr Sangeeta Aneja said, "A probe has been ordered on the basis of a complaint received from the woman's family."
The woman's father, who works in the bangle-making industry, said, "The private hospital was asking Rs 20,000 for normal delivery. After consulting the district field officer of National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), I took my daughter to the medical where she lay on a stretcher and kept crying in pain for over six hours. Despite repeated requests, no doctor came to help her."
After a delay of over six hours, when the matter reached senior officials, a nurse took her to the labour room. She gave birth to a baby boy who was having breathing difficulties. The staff did not allow the family to see the child and took him to a special new-born care unit. The next morning, the child died.
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