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A woman delivered her baby outside the emergency ward of a civil hospital in Gurugram after the staff allegedly denied her admission into the labour ward for not carrying her Aadhaar card, her family members said on Friday, 9 February.
After the incident came to light, Gurugram Chief Medical Officer Dr BK Rajora said a doctor and a staff nurse were suspended from duty.
The patient, identified as Munni Kewat (25), was taken to the hospital by her husband and others after she experienced labour pain on Friday morning.
Kewat claimed he offered to give them the Aadhaar number as he was not carrying the physical card, and said he would provide a copy of the card later.
The family then took the woman to the casualty ward, where they were denied entry, Ram Singh, a relative of the woman said.
The entire episode was being filmed by other patients, but the hospital staff did not bother to come to her help, the relative said.
The staff allegedly came to Munni's rescue only after she had delivered the baby and there was blood all over the floor, Singh added.
After her ordeal was over, the family members protested against the alleged inhuman treatment meted out to the woman by the hospital staff and demanded strict action against them, following which a doctor and a nurse were suspended.
"We have started an internal inquiry to find if other employees were involved," Rajora said.
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