Newborn dies after caesarean at Nagpur's Yash Hospital; family alleges negligence, police probe

A newborn died after a caesarean delivery at Yash Hospital in Nagpur's Dighori area. The baby's relatives were enraged and created a commotion on the hospital premises. They allege that the doctors were negligent in treating the mother and child. The family also demanded that the hospital be sealed. The police are awaiting the postmortem report.

According to the information available, a pregnant woman from Tajabad was admitted to Yash Hospital in Dighori at around 11:30 pm on Saturday. Her relatives say she underwent a caesarean delivery at around 8 am on Sunday.

After the delivery, the newborn showed no movement. The baby was declared dead after examination. Angered by this, the relatives began protesting on the hospital premises and accused the doctors of negligence in treatment. They also repeated their demand that the hospital be sealed.

The situation on the hospital premises turned tense after the protest, and police personnel were deployed there. A postmortem of the newborn has been conducted. The postmortem report is now awaited to establish the actual cause of death.

Sakkardara police said a case of accidental death has been registered and an investigation has begun. According to the police, once the postmortem report is received, information related to the investigation will be sent to the Medical Council. Further action will be taken on the basis of the facts that emerge in the inquiry.

For now, the cause of the newborn's death is not clear. The postmortem report and the findings of the investigation will show what happened at the hospital that day. The allegations of negligence made by the relatives are also yet to be confirmed by the investigation.