9-month-old loses finger at Gurgaon day care centre
The ring finger of a nine-month old girl was severed after her hand was allegedly caught in a door at a day care centre in Gurgaon. The mother of the kid has alleged negligence on the part of the care centre staff and shared the incident in a post on a social media website.
Bhawna Rastogi, who works with TCS as senior consultant and is a resident of DLF Phase-4, said in the post on Monday that negligence, “unsafe facility and untrained staff” at Intellitots Daycare Centre “ruined their life”.
The day care centre operates from a rented accommodation on the premises of Fortis Memorial Institute and is not part of the hospital.
“I signed up for this day care two months back after having been assured of the hygiene, trained staff, CCTV surveillance, good interiors and their commitment to child’s well being. On Friday, we dropped our daughter at the centre at 10 am and we went for our respective offices. At around 10:30 am we got a call from the day care centre and we reached there by 11 am,” said Bhawna.
She said she found her daughter unconscious with the ring finger in her left hand missing.
“We enquired about the incident and we were told that a maid shut the door while handling her and the finger of my child got caught between the doors,” said the girl’s father Nikhil, who works with Citi Bank.
The child had a surgery on May 19 at a private hospital and she would undergo another surgery on Thursday.
The parents alleged that the care centre refused to share the footage of the incident. “We were told that the footage for the day was not available,” said Nikhil.
Pooja Goyal, director, Intellitots Day Care Centre, said it was an accident. “We have been running day care centres for the last nine years. The child’s finger got stuck between the doors. Our staff immediately informed the parents and we took care of the child,” said Goyal.
In a statment, Fortis said, “Intellitots is a day care facility, which has rented out a part of the FMRI facility to run a crèche...this incident, even though it involves a third party, will be dealt with the same level of severity. We have started an enquiry into the matter and have served a show-cause notice to the vendor and apt punitive action will be taken”.