Newborn dies at Rajasthan Hospital after doctor allegedly refuses treatment
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Kota: A newborn died at a government sub-district hospital in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district, after the doctor allegedly refused to attend to the baby on Thursday night, officials said.
The incident took place during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, with the family alleging that the doctor on duty refused to attend to the newborn, officials said.
Following the incident, the doctor and a nursing staffer on duty were placed under Awaiting Posting Orders (APO) on Friday, news agency PTI reported.
Mahendra Singh, a resident of Chokdi village under the Dug police station area in Jhalawar, admitted his wife Bhawana Kanwar (30), who was in labour, to the sub-district hospital in Dug around 9 pm on Thursday. She delivered a baby boy around 10 pm, officials said.
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At around 3 am on Friday, the baby began crying loudly, after which family members attending to the woman alerted the on-duty nursing staffer, Prashant Mehar. However, instead of calling the doctor, Mehar asked the family to go to the doctor’s residence.
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