In a sheer negligence on the part of doctors and administration at the Government Sultania hospital, a 26-year-old woman delivered of a stillborn baby under a tree in the compound of the hospital, after she was allegedly refused admission in the hospital and medical care. In a complaint to the police, Ajmer Khan (30), a resident of Gehukheda area of the district, alleged that his wife Rubina Bi reached Sultania hospital at around 6 am, however, she was refused to get admission in the hospital. later, his wife delivered a stillborn boy at around 10 am in the hospital’s compound.
After preliminary enquiry, the police have registered a case under Section 174 of the CrPC and started further investigation. Talaiya police station Sub-Inspector Umesh Singh Chouhan said that police have started investigation in the matter based on the complaint. “After post-mortem report and investigation, we will register a case against the guilty, he said.
Meanwhile, Ajmer Khan told mediapersons, “The people concerned at the hospital told us to sell out Rs 1,000 to admit Rubina. However, we refused to accept it.” He said that at around 8 am, his wife started having pains after which she delivered the stillborn baby under a Neem tree. later, a group of locals gathered and staged a protest against the hospital. “They took my wife and the child inside, but by that time it was too late. Had the hospital helped us in time, this tragedy could have been averted,” a distraught Ajmer said. Ajmer’s mother informed that this was the second such incident Rubina has faced. Around two years ago, during her first delivery too, she was not allowed admission in the hospital and with non-availability of medical facility in time, the child had died.