Baby dies after woman delivers on footpath outside govt hospital

May 24, 2016 22:21

A newborn baby died here today shortly after being born on the footpath outside a government hospital, with the mother alleging that hospital authorities denied her admission seeking proof of her marriage.

Ashaben Bariya, who was six months pregnant, gave birth outside Ruxmaniben Government Hospital in Khokhra area here after the doctors asked her to go to another hospital because they had no incubators for pre-mature babies.

But her brother alleged that she was denied admission because she did not have a marriage proof with her. "The doctors asked me to produce proofs related to my sister's marriage. I told them that it was an emergency, but they did not listen and asked us to leave.

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