Three newborns die in one night at Hindu Rao Hospital

Three Delhi families along with Hindu Rao Hospital had a black Diwali after three newborns died on the same night due to different causes. The family alleges that the deliveries happened but it was due to medical negligence that the babies did not survive. North Municipal Corporation Department suspended the Medical Superintendent and the Head of Gynecology Department after the family allegations.

On the night of October 18, three different cases of deliveries were handled in Unit three of the Hindu Rao Hospital, of which one had been referred to the hospital and the other two were in-house patients. All the three deliveries were conducted but none of the newborns survived. While two died of intra-uterine complications, the third one, which had been referred from another hospital, died due to slow heartbeat says the hospital sources.

The Medical Superintendent, AK Goyal, and the Head of the Department, Mala Shukla, were suspended by the hospital administration of the North Municipal Corporation. One of the families had two previous miscarriages and this child was conceived after a long wait, said one of the sources.

"My heart goes out to the families who lost their children on Diwali morning. The woman, who lost the child after two previous miscarriages, alleged that the junior doctors attended the case, the baby was born okay and later complications occurred which were not handled tactfully," said Dr DK Seth, Director, Administration.

SUSPENDED

• North Municipal Corporation Department suspended the Medical Superintendent, AK Goyal, and Mala Shukla, Head of Gynecology Department.