No breakthrough has been made so far by the police in the child death case at Orchid hospital in Ranchi which took place on December 15. The police are still waiting for the postmortem report to know the cause of death of a newborn baby who died allegedly due to the negligence on the part of the hospital authorities on December 15.
“We are waiting for the postmortem report to come so that the cause of death could be known to proceed further in the case. The investigation however, is on but we have not reached any conclusion so far,” said Ramod Kumar Circle Inspector of lalpur Police Station.
The child was born on 3:25 PM on Wednesday and was absolutely normal till 9 AM on Thursday, according to the report and at 10: 15 AM it was declared dead by the hospital.
ASRP Mukesh, a journalist working with an English Daily, registered an FIR on December 15 at lalpur Police Station against doctors and nurses at the Orchid Hospital alleging medical negligence in the case of death of his newborn child on December 15.
According to the FIR the parents were informed at around 10:15 am that the baby was no more. During the period the doctors kept on saying that the baby was fine and they were looking after it.
Even after two hours of the death of the child they were not allowed to enter the neo natal care unit despite repeated requests. After enormous pressure when they showed the body there were numerous spots on it. The whole body was filled with rashes, lips were blackish, nose had marks and some liquid was coming out of it.