Babies die as ambulance, doctors refuse to accept old currency notes

November 15, 2016 21:43

The horror stories just keep coming.

With long queues in front of banks, and ATMs running dry, hundreds of people in the country have still not managed to exchange their old notes or withdraw money. The demonetisation process seems to have become a nightmare for some as several deaths were reported on Sunday.

According to a report in Huffington Post, an infant reportedly died in Noida's Kailash Hospital, reportedly owned by Union Health Minister Mahesh Sharma, after the hospital asked for an advance of Rs 10,000, but refused to accept old currency notes.

Catchnews reports that the child's father made the allegations while the minister denied them.

When HuffPost India reached out to the hospital, they dismissed the report as rumours started by "anti-social elements".

In another case, a newborn died in Rajasthan's Pali district after the father failed to get an ambulance for the child after running around for four hours. The ambulances had refused to accept the now defunct Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes.

The baby, who was born on Thursday, was asked by the doctors to be taken to Jodhpur after he developed breathing problems. But Jodhpur is 80 kms away form Pali.

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