Woman delivers baby outside UP Hospital: Govt terminates nurse, orders probe against Doctor

Pilibhit: A video of a woman delivering a child outside the government hospital in Uttar Pradesh has gone viral, following this the district administration has terminated the service of a nurse and ordered departmental action against a doctor.

On Wednesday, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav had tweeted a video of a woman delivering a child outside the district's women's hospital.

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"A woman forced to deliver in the open outside the district's women hospital under the BJP rule. How can we celebrate Amrit Mahotsav," he had tweeted.

Pilibhit's Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Alok Sharma told PTI that a probe in connection with the incident has been initiated.

"An adhoc staff nurse, Ruby, was found guilty of dereliction of duty. Following this, her service was terminated, " the CMO said.

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District Magistrate Pulkit Khare has ordered an "adverse entry" in the service record of Chief Medical Superintendent of the hospital Anita Chaurasia over the issue.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that a teenager, around 18 years old had died of excessive bleeding at the Rudraprayag district hospital, while the body of the baby she delivered was found in the toilet of the medical facility.

The girl had been reported to be unmarried, and doctors at the hospital alleged that the girl who was accompanied by her mother did not inform them that the girl was pregnant.

At a press conference, the chief medical superintendent of the district hospital Rajiv Singh said the woman was admitted for treatment of low haemoglobin levels and the hospital was not informed about her pregnancy. In addition to that, a three-member committee had been formed to look into the matter by Rudraprayag chief medical officer.

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