Yadgir, 9 Dec

After a baby boy died during childbirth in Yadgir, the grieving family sat outside the government hospital in protest, alleging that the institution denied the pregnant mother treatment.

The family said that they brought the pregnant mother, Neelabai, from Balichakra Tanda in Yadgir taluk, to the government YIMS Mother and Child Hospital when she experienced labour pains. However, the hospital neither provided her a bed nor gave her treatment.

Neelabai slept on the hospital floor the entire day on Saturday, according to the family's allegations.

However, when she began to bleed heavily, the doctors performed a surgery to deliver the baby. They had initially said a normal delivery would be fine, but on early Sunday, they decided to perform a C-section surgery. Unfortunately, they found that the baby had already died in the womb.

The family alleged that medical negligence had led to the baby’s death and filed an official complaint.

However, the hospital presented a different account.  Yadgir District Surgeon Dr Rizwana told Salar News. “The delivery date had been given as 26 November. However, the family postponed the delivery date.”

Dr Rizwana said that the baby’s heartbeat had stopped before the C-section was even performed by Dr Nagashree.

President of the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Bengaluru, Shashidhar S Kosambe, told Salar News that the body has taken suo motu cognisance of the death at YIMS hospital.

“I have directed the authorities to submit a detailed report on the incident within seven days,” Kosambe said.