After doctors at the Safdarjung Hospital declared a five-month-old fetus dead, they handed the aborted baby over to its family in a polythene bag.
On Sunday morning, a 28-year-old woman underwent an emergency operation at the hospital after she started bleeding heavily. She was in her fifth month of pregnancy.
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The surgery was performed at 5:45 AM and within half an hour, the doctors told the family that the baby was born dead. At 6:15 AM, the doctors wrapped the fetus in cloth and polythene and gave it to the family.
It was when the family was taking the baby to the cremation ground did they detect movement in the bag. Upon unwrapping the bag, they discovered that the baby was alive. The family rushed back to the hospital and told the doctors. The baby was admitted and is currently being treated at the hospital.
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The family has blamed the medical staff for negligence. The authorities are investigating the case.
"I will call it a second trimester abortion as the woman was already five months pregnant and there is international rule stating that there should be no attempt to revive a premature baby found dead and having a weight below 500 gms. The doctors followed the norm and did not attempt to revive it," said Pratima Mittal, head of the hospital's Gynaecology and Obstetrics Department, reports IANS.