Woman gives birth outside Haryana hospital after doctors’ neglect
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Chandigarh: A woman gave birth to a baby on a vegetable cart outside a hospital in Haryana's Ambala Wednesday.
The woman went into labour outdoors in one of Haryana’s coldest winter evenings after doctors of the government-run hospital refused to attend to her, NDTV reported.
Her husband said he had lost faith in the hospital staff, adding ‘It was God who saved them.’
‘I considered doctors and hospital staff as God. But after last night's events, I have lost faith in these hospital staff,’ he added.
The man, a resident of Dappar, a city in Punjab's Mohali district, said nobody bothered to bring even a stretcher for her.
The woman finally gave birth on the street near the hospital gates.
When the incident caused uproar outside, authorities took the mother and child inside a ward.
The state health minister Anil Vij announced an investigation adding that the guilty will be punished.
‘This information has to be checked. We provide ambulances and free delivery service. So whether they were informed or not – I will get everything investigated. If there has been any negligence, action will be taken,’ Vij reportedly said.
Sangeeta Singla, the Principal Medical Officer of the city's Civil Hospital, said a committee will submit a report in a couple of days after the probe.
‘We will give them a warning. Why the special case was not checked. If the patient was in such a state that she delivered on arrival, the staff on duty -- doctors, nurses -- should have been there to attend to her,’ Sangeeta Singla was quoted as saying.
