NEW DELHI: After a woman delivered her baby outside Safdarjung Hospital's emergency wing in the national capital on Tuesday, the Union health ministry has sought a report in the matter.
The woman's family alleged that the hospital had denied them admission. “In an unbooked case, a patient by the name of Poonam, 21, primigravida, was referred from Dadri on 18 July 2022.
As Safdarjung Hospital has a no refusal policy, she was examined by SR on duty at 5:45PM and her condition was found to be 33+6 weeks gestation with preeclampsia in early labor.
The patient was offered admission but she did not return with the admission papers," the hospital said in a statement. “The next day the senior resident on morning GRR duty was informed that a patient was delivering outside.