The probe by the state government revealed the hospital was guilty of negligence, the Delhi health minister said.
New Delhi: The Delhi government Friday cancelled the licence of Max Hospital in Shalimar Bagh for wrongly declaring a child dead.
Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that the licence had been cancelled because the government couldn’t tolerate “criminal negligence”.
“The final report of the committee investigating the case has come, and found the hospital guilty. This is not the first time. This hospital is a habitual offender and thus we cancelled its licence,” Jain said.
Jain said that three other cases of negligence were reported at the hospital in the last few months.
Three notices had been issued to the hospital over lapses involving the EWS (economically weaker section) quota patients and the hospital had been found guilty in those cases too, the minister said.
Twins—a boy and girl—were declared dead by doctors at Max Hospital at Shalimar Bagh on 30 November, but the parents later discovered the boy was alive. The bodies of both infants were allegedly handed to the parents in a polythene bag by hospital staff.
Jain said that only the hospital has been found guilty in the probe. He said the Delhi Medical Council and Indian Medical Association were authorised to take action against doctors accused of negligence in the case.
A relative of the child welcomed the Delhi government’s decision. However, the child’s uncle said that they were still seeking further action.
“We are happy that police and government has come out in our support and cancelled the licence of the hospital. But we demand complete justice, which will only come when the two doctors are arrested and their licence is cancelled. They should not be allowed to perform anywhere,” Deepak Bidawat told ThePrint.
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