Hospital Negligence

UP Family Claims Animal Bite Marks On Newborn's Body, Probe Ordered

Cities | ANI | Thursday November 26, 2020

A family in Aligarh's Pilkhuni alleged that their newborn baby died due to a hospital's negligence, adding that her body had animal bite marks on it.

Delhi Court Summons 5 Doctors Over Death Of 10-Month-Old Baby

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 27, 2019

A Delhi court has summoned five doctors for their alleged negligence which led to the death of a 10-month-old baby here in 2012.

Pregnant Woman, Not Allotted Bed, Dies Unattended At Rajasthan Hospital

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 9, 2018

A 27-year-old pregnant woman has died due to alleged medical negligence at a government hospital in Rajasthan's Bundi district, Congress Seva Dal district president Mahmood Ali said on Wedneday.

Blog: When Baby Is Handed To Parents In Plastic Bag - By An Oxford Doctor

Blog | Dr Amit Gupta | Monday December 4, 2017

Both doctors and patients will continue to be victims if the only response we can come up with are recrimination and finger-pointing.

Newborn Allegedly Declared Dead By Delhi Hospital Found Alive Before Burial

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Monday June 19, 2017

In a shocking case of negligence, a newborn was allegedly declared "dead" by the staff of a central government hospital yesterday but was found to be alive just before the infant was to be buried.

14 blinded in Maharashtra After Surgery at Government Hospital

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Thursday November 5, 2015

Fourteen cataract patients, who went for surgery hoping to see clearly, may have lost their vision forever after they were allegedly operated upon using improperly sterilised equipment at a government-run hospital in Washim district of Maharashtra.

Four Newborn Babies Die at Government Hospital in Dehradun

Cities | Press Trust of India | Monday October 13, 2014

Four newborn babies died at a government hospital in Dehradun in the last 24 hours, triggering protests by their parents who alleged negligence by the hospital authorities.

Given injection by rickshaw-puller, baby dies in Uttar Pradesh hospital

India News | Reported by Anant Zanane, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday July 17, 2013

At a government hospital in Uttar Pradesh, people are at the mercy of untrained sweepers and rickshaw pullers - a shocking state of affairs exposed after a baby died on Tuesday, moments after being given an injection by a rickshaw puller.

Baby girl dies in ambulance after oxygen cylinder ran out

Cities | Press Trust of India | Friday January 4, 2013

A two-year-old girl suffering from breathing problems died after oxygen cylinders in the ambulance that was shifting her to Indore exhausted enroute, due to alleged negligence of the hospital staff, official sources said on Friday.

Woman delivers in truck cabin after hospital refuses admission

Cities | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 24, 2011

After being allegedly refused treatment in a government hospital, a woman delivered a baby in a stationary truck cabin at Kalinga Nagar in Jajpur district.

Baby dies, allegedly after drunk staffer removes oxygen mask

Kolkata News | Monideepa Banerjie | Monday December 19, 2011

A baby, just a month old, has died at a hospital in Kolkata, allegedly because her oxygen mask was removed by a drunk worker at the hospital. The Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, which is run by the government, has accepted a complaint by the baby's family and has begun an inquiry.

Two babies die in incubator after short circuit

Mumbai News | NDTV Correspondent | Wednesday March 9, 2011

Two newborns have died after their incubators caught fire in a hospital in Maharashtra's Beed district.Both babies were five days old.A short circuit at the private hospital where they were born is believed to be the cause of the fire.The owner of the hospital has been arrested.

Man dies within hours of being declared fit by Pune hospital

Pune News | mid-day.com | Tuesday January 25, 2011

A 40-year-old man who was declared fit and discharged from Sassoon General Hospital died within a few hours at the Pune railway station.Madhav Jadhav, the deceased, was at the railway station to go to his hometown Kolkata because the chest and stomach pain he had complained of, was not going away even after his visit to the hospital.The case record...

Living infant declared dead, saved from pyre

Cities | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday December 28, 2010

A 45-day-old infant nearly got cremated after being declared dead by a private hospital in the city. The baby was saved when his uncle noticed movements minutes before the pyre was lit. His father said on Tuesday that a police complaint has been filed against the hospital.The baby was born premature and was admitted to Babylon Hospital in Sirsa a f...

Parents accuse hospital of negligence for 2-year-old's death

Cities | mid-day.com | Thursday July 29, 2010

A two-and-a-half year old boy Venkateshwara died on Wednesday night despite being taken to three different hospitals in Bangalore. He was suffering from fever.Venkateshwara's parents Srinivasa, a painter, and Rajamma first took their son to JP Nursing Home at 10:00 pm after his fever got worse. Srinivasa said, "We took him there to help him get bet...