In Mata Chanan Devi Hospital case, the axe has fallen on aam aadmi. As a face saving measure, the hospital administration has suspended two low-rung employees. However, further inquiry is in progress. The internal enquiry committee set up by the hospital to look into the criminal negligence has found that the security guard and a house keeping staff of the hospital duo indulged in gross negligence of their duty and the body of the newborn baby girl was thrown in a bio-waste truck. Meanwhile, the committee has also given a copy of the report to the Delhi Health Ministry.
The recovery of the body of the newborn dumped in the bio-waste truck by the hospital authorities had shocked the city. Her parents were informed on Monday when they had gone to collect the body after the baby girl passed away in the hospital due to illness within less than 12 hours of her birth. On Monday when the relatives reached the hospital and completed formalities to take the body of the girl it was not found at the mortuary.
The West district police had registered a case under Section 297 of Indian Penal Code against the hospital authorities. Soon after the incident the hospital authorities had formed an internal committee to probe the matter. Submitting the inquiry report on Tuesday, the hospital authorities revealed that it was a negligence on part of the security guard of the hospital and the house keeping staff. The accused persons have been identified as Jitendra, security guard and Suman, housekeeping staff. The hospital staff has suspended both the staff members.
Delhi Police has seized the record book of the mortuary and also recorded the statements of the staff members who work at the morgue. Though the police have not made any arrest in the case so far. “We are going through MoU between the hospital authorities and the civic agency and analysing the role of the staff members. Action will be initiated after the investigations establishes the role of the guilty persons,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (West), Ranvir Singh. Meanwhile, the family members are dissatisfied with the action taken by the hospital and believe that it is no justice.