This has been a matter that has made headlines for tragic reasons: The personal loss suffered by a family, the charge of medical negligence upon a hospital, and the expectation of the termination of the hospital’s license. Max Hospital was in the news for falsely declaring a surviving twin as dead. We look at what happened next and also examine the concept of fetal viability.
One of the twin babies born at Max Super Specialty Hospital Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi, died soon after birth. However, the other baby was still alive, when declared dead and handed over to the family in a plastic bag. At that time, the authorities had declared that the hospital's license would be cancelled if negligence was proven.
When one of the babies was found to be alive, the baby was rushed to a local nursing home. However, after battling for its life for a week, the surviving twin also died. The government had asked a three-person committee to investigate the incident. After the death of the surviving twin, the hospital's license has now been cancelled by the Director General of Health Services.
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