Premature baby on critical support in LNJP Hospital dies
New Delhi, Feb 22: The newborn baby, who was "declared dead" soon after birth at the Delhi government-run LNJP Hospital and was later found alive, died on Wednesday in the hospital, sources said.
The premature baby, born when her mother was 23 weeks pregnant and weighing only 490 grams, was found alive Sunday when the family was making plans for her burial.
She was brought back to the hospital and was on ventilator support since. She died on Wednesday, sources said.
Doctors had earlier said that in medical terms, such babies are considered "non-viable."
The hospital had earlier constituted a three-member panel to probe the incident and a report was submitted on Wednesday, a source said.
The source said the panel has spoken to doctors who were on duty that day to ascertain the sequence of events. The family of the baby said they were informed around 4 pm that the baby was no more.
"We have been informed about her demise. The hospital wants to conduct a post mortem before handing over the baby but we don't want it. She was only three days old and we don't want her to go through it. We want to give her a respectful burial," Md Salman, the baby's uncle, told PTI over phone.
The baby's 35-year-old mother has another daughter, aged three. Her husband works in the business of simple toolmaking, the family said.
"The baby was handed over to us in a box and we took her to our home in New Mustafabad on Sunday. We had started making preparations for her burial and ordered to prepare a grave for her.
"Around 7.30 pm, when we opened the box, we saw the baby moving her legs and arms. We immediately rushed her back to hospital," Salman had said on Monday.
The hospital has said such babies are considered 'aborted babies' and after the baby showed signs of life, she was immediately put on life support.
राजधानी दिल्ली के LNJP अस्पताल में लापरवाही की इंतहा देखिए, राजधानी में स्वास्थ्य का हाल समझिए..
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LNJP अस्पताल पर लापरवाही का बड़ा आरोप, 6 महीने के नवजात को मृत समझ कर बॉक्स में पैक करके परिवार वालों को देने का आरोप.
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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
