Preliminary report holds hospital guilty

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The much awaited preliminary enquiry report in Max Shalimar Bagh case has found hospital guilty of not having followed prescribed medical norms in dealing with the new born infants.

The enquiry panel was set up by the Delhi Government on December 1 on the orders of Satyendar Jain, health minister Delhi. The preliminary report was sought within 72 hours and final report within a week. While the final report is still awaited the findings of preliminary report has been submitted to the Health Ministry, Delhi Government.

The three member doctor’s panel has submitted the preliminary report after scrutinising hospital records and meeting relevant staff. As per the report, no ECG tracings have been done to trace whether the child was alive or not. Also the bodies were handed over without written instructions. Further the report says that the dead and alive child was not kept separately.

Meanwhile, DCP, Northeast said that proposal for constituting a medical board for expert medical opinion by GNCT has been initiated, four doctors have joined investigation on Tuesday.

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