Newborn death row: Delhi govt cancels licence of Max Hospital
The licence of Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, was cancelled after doctors wrongly declared a newborn baby dead, Delhi health minister Satyendra Jain said on Friday.
“The hospital has been found to be negligent and the government has decided to cancel its licence. All the patients currently admitted at the hospital will receive complete treatment, however, no new admissions will be allowed,” said Jain. It means that the hospital will have to close all its operations — including the out-patient services and emergency services where new patients come in — with immediate effect.
“The negligence in the newborn death case was unacceptable. Also, the hospital has been a habitual offender,” Jain said at a
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The hospital has previously received notices from the government for not earmarking beds for patients belonging to the economically weaker sections as per conditions set by the government for providing hospitals subsidised lands. “Usually, during the period when dengue cases are at its peak, hospitals are given permissions to increase their bed strength by 10 - 20% to treat fever patients. It was found that the hospital had been running these beds even after the period for which they were allowed and for people other than fever patients,” said Nagendar Sharma, government spokesperson.