Woman Delivers in Ambulance: 3 Doctors Suspended
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Gurugram: In relation to the demise of a newborn after a woman was forced to deliver in an ambulance, three doctors attached to Civil Hospital had been suspended.
As per the media reports, Sonia and her husband, Jaidev reached the hospital on Wednesday around 6:30 a.m. for the delivery but the staff allegedly told them to wait for their turn. The woman went into labour a few minutes later.
The two doctors who were on OPD duty observed that she was fully dilated and the child was popping in and out, which indicated she was due any moment, but instead of providing her medical aid referred her to Safdarjung Hospital around 9.25am.
While the couple searched for an ambulance to get there, a nurse spotted her near the ICU ward and brought her to the gynaecology ward, where junior doctor-on-duty examined her again, noted her condition, but again referred her to Delhi, reports TOI.
“Eventually, we noticed that she was on the verge of giving birth on the wheelchair itself – the child’s hand almost coming out – and it was only when we informed the staff of this that they sped up the process,” the husband told
As per the media reports, Sonia and her husband, Jaidev reached the hospital on Wednesday around 6:30 a.m. for the delivery but the staff allegedly told them to wait for their turn. The woman went into labour a few minutes later.
The two doctors who were on OPD duty observed that she was fully dilated and the child was popping in and out, which indicated she was due any moment, but instead of providing her medical aid referred her to Safdarjung Hospital around 9.25am.
While the couple searched for an ambulance to get there, a nurse spotted her near the ICU ward and brought her to the gynaecology ward, where junior doctor-on-duty examined her again, noted her condition, but again referred her to Delhi, reports TOI.
“Eventually, we noticed that she was on the verge of giving birth on the wheelchair itself – the child’s hand almost coming out – and it was only when we informed the staff of this that they sped up the process,” the husband told
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