Stray canine kills toddler sleeping subsequent to mom in hospital in Rajasthan
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JAIPUR: A month-old little one, who was sleeping subsequent to his mom at a authorities hospital, was taken away by a stray canine and mauled to demise in Sirohi district of Rajasthan, police stated on Tuesday.
The physique was discovered exterior the hospital ward, they stated.
Police stated the CCTV footage confirmed that two canine went contained in the TB ward of the hospital late Monday evening and one in all them returned with the toddler.
Sitaram, SHO, Kotwali stated Mahendra Meena, the daddy of the kid, was admitted within the hospital for silicosis remedy.
He stated the kid’s mom, Rekha, who was attending to the affected person alongside together with her three kids, dozed off.
The officer stated the hospital employees was additionally not current on the ward on the time of the incident.
“Post-mortem has been conducted by a medical board. A case will be registered in the matter after further investigation,” the SHO stated.
Meanwhile, the kid’s father accused the hospital authorities and police of constructing his spouse signal clean papers and carry out the final rites of his little one with out informing him.
“I was admitted in the hospital on Monday. Dogs were coming inside the ward and I chased them away. My wife woke up at 2 am and found the dogs mauling our child. Today, the hospital authorities and police took the signature of my wife on blank papers and got the last rites of my son done without informing me. I could not even see my son’s face,” Meena stated.
The hospital administration has additionally initiated a probe into the matter.
“The patient’s attendant was sleeping and the hospital guard was attending to the other ward. I have not seen the CCTV footage (of the incident). I will be able to comment only after the investigation,” Acting Principal Medical Officer (PMO), Sirohi district hospital, Virendra earlier advised reporters.
Condemning the incident, BJP district chief Narayan Purohit stated the hospital officers must be held accountable for the tragedy.
“It is a complete failure of the hospital administration. Stray dogs are roaming inside the hospital whereas the chief minister and local MLA are claiming that they have changed the face of healthcare facilities in the state,” he stated.
BJP employees additionally met the aggrieved members of the family and held a sit-in demanding compensation and different calls for.
The protestors handed over a memorandum to the district administration officers to take strict motion within the matter.
JAIPUR: A month-old little one, who was sleeping subsequent to his mom at a authorities hospital, was taken away by a stray canine and mauled to demise in Sirohi district of Rajasthan, police stated on Tuesday.
The physique was discovered exterior the hospital ward, they stated.
Police stated the CCTV footage confirmed that two canine went contained in the TB ward of the hospital late Monday evening and one in all them returned with the toddler.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Sitaram, SHO, Kotwali stated Mahendra Meena, the daddy of the kid, was admitted within the hospital for silicosis remedy.
He stated the kid’s mom, Rekha, who was attending to the affected person alongside together with her three kids, dozed off.
The officer stated the hospital employees was additionally not current on the ward on the time of the incident.
“Post-mortem has been conducted by a medical board. A case will be registered in the matter after further investigation,” the SHO stated.
Meanwhile, the kid’s father accused the hospital authorities and police of constructing his spouse signal clean papers and carry out the final rites of his little one with out informing him.
“I was admitted in the hospital on Monday. Dogs were coming inside the ward and I chased them away. My wife woke up at 2 am and found the dogs mauling our child. Today, the hospital authorities and police took the signature of my wife on blank papers and got the last rites of my son done without informing me. I could not even see my son’s face,” Meena stated.
The hospital administration has additionally initiated a probe into the matter.
“The patient’s attendant was sleeping and the hospital guard was attending to the other ward. I have not seen the CCTV footage (of the incident). I will be able to comment only after the investigation,” Acting Principal Medical Officer (PMO), Sirohi district hospital, Virendra earlier advised reporters.
Condemning the incident, BJP district chief Narayan Purohit stated the hospital officers must be held accountable for the tragedy.
“It is a complete failure of the hospital administration. Stray dogs are roaming inside the hospital whereas the chief minister and local MLA are claiming that they have changed the face of healthcare facilities in the state,” he stated.
BJP employees additionally met the aggrieved members of the family and held a sit-in demanding compensation and different calls for.
The protestors handed over a memorandum to the district administration officers to take strict motion within the matter.
