Committee formed to probe newborn's death in PGIMS

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The PGIMS authorities here have constituted a two-member-committee to probe into the episode wherein a poor woman delivered outside the casualty ward and lost her newborn on Saturday evening.

The committee would investigate the whole matter and would submit its report to the authorities for further action. According to the information, the patient, identified as Meenu, has now been undergoing treatment at ICU after a surgery in the PGIMS this morning. Her condition still remained critical till filling of the news

Notably, Meenu, wife of a labourer, was referred to the PGIMS from a hospital in Hisar due to her critical condition on Saturday. Her kin has alleged that the security outside the emergency gate didn't allow them in by the evening.

They pleaded with doctors and the guards but they paid no heed. Unable to hold, she delivered in the bushes by the emergency gate, which killed the baby, they alleged.

“We have constituted a two-member-committee comprising Dr Geeta Gathwal and Dr Dhruv Chaudhary to look into the matter. The committee will probe into the episode from various angles and submit its report to the authorities. Action will be taken against those found guilty in the investigation,” said Dr Chand Singh Dhull, Director of the PGIMS Rohtak.

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