In an unfortunate incident, a newborn baby died after delivery on the verandah of a Government hospital late on Saturday night in Kandhamal district due to medical negligence and also after delay in the arrival of a 102 ambulance.
According to reports, Anil Digha’s pregnant wife Mita of Sinemila village under Tumudibandha block in the district had been admitted in the Tumudibandha Community Health Centre (CHC) on December 9.
Checking her health condition on December 10, the doctor on duty had prescribed high blood pressure medicine and advised her to return home on the ground that the delivery date was expected 10 to 15 days later.
However, on Saturday night, Mita experienced increase in labour pain after returning home, following which her family contacted for 102 ambulance service at about 8.30 pm.
The conveyance reached around 10.30 pm and dropped Mita on the verandah of the Tumudibandha CHC at around 11 pm.
Anil Digha and his mother knocked at two to three closed doors in the hospital but in vain. later, they visited the house of a staff nurse at the hospital premises, but she did not open her door citing she was off duty.
In the mean time, Mita gave birth to a baby boy on the verandah and a sweeper took them inside a room. Moments later, the newborn died. Staff nurse Rama Sundari reached the hospital and took Mita under treatment, saying there was no doctor available.