Woman gives birth on hospital ground

Hospital MS denies allegations, orders inquiry into incident

MUZAFFARGARH/ SIALKOT: A woman gave birth to a child on the ground after medical staff allegedly refused to admit her to Kot Addu Hospital.

The relatives of the woman told Express News that they brought the patient to the medical facility after she went into labour. However, instead of admitting her, the staff and doctors asked her to leave.

“She was suffering from labour pains, but the hospital staff refused to admit her,” they alleged. “We had no other option but to lay her on the hospital ground where she gave birth to a baby,” one of the woman’s relatives said.



Later, after hearing the woman’s screams, doctors transferred both the child and the mother to the labour room.

Meanwhile, the woman’s family held a demonstration against the hospital staff’s negligence and demanded that the Punjab government conduct an inquiry into the matter. They also demanded punishment for those responsible.

When contacted, the medical superintendent of the health facility denied the allegations. However, he added an inquiry had been ordered and strict action would be taken against anyone found guilty of negligence.

Earlier, a woman gave birth to a child on the hospital ground after medical staff allegedly refused to admit her to Khanpur District Hospital.

The woman’s husband Abdul Sattar, a resident of Laal Garh, said he brought his pregnant wife Haseena Bibi for delivery to the hospital. However, he could not get her admitted due to the unavailability of an emergency entrance token.

He said as his wife was in labour and he had no other option but to lay her on the hospital ground in the scorching 48 degree temperature. He maintained Haseena Bibi lay in the ground from 3pm to 6pm in excruciating pain. When she did not get any form of assistance, the woman gave birth on the ground.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 18^th, 2018.