Infant dies during power cut at Delhi Hospital, MCD to probe matter

The panel will be headed by Director, Hospital Administration (DHA) Akshay Dharmarha and additional DHA Rakesh Rao Gautam.  

According to the PTI report, Mayor Shelly Oberoi has ordered an inquiry to get to the root of the death of an infant at Kasturba Hospital due to non-availability of power backup during a planned shutdown, the order dated August 27 said.  

Mayor Oberoi on August 23, taking note of a media report, directed MCD Commissioner Ashwani Kumar to launch an inquiry into the infant's death.  

A day earlier, several social media users claimed there was a power outage for some time at the Kasturba Hospital during which two newborns had to be delivered allegedly under torchlight -- one of whom died during the power cut, news agency PTI reported.  

The MCD had denied the allegations of deliveries taking place under torchlight but ordered an inquiry into the death.