New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Centre and the Delhi government over the death of a newborn girl due to denial of treatment at three government hospitals, calling for a report on the matter within four weeks.
Taking suo motu cognizance of media reports, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from Union Health Secretary BP Sharma and Delhi Health Secretary Amar Nath, a NHRC statement issued today said.
According to media reports, a newborn girl, who was born prematurely with under developed lungs and weak organs at a private hospital, died after being denied treatment by three hospitals in Delhi on July 6.
Saying that the right to health was a "basic human right" and the state had a responsibility to fulfil this right, the commission said: "Any denial of this right and that too in a case of a newly born in a serious condition is abominable.
The commission said that reportedly, on being refused admission first at the Kalawati Saran Children Hospital on the ground of non-availability of bed and ventilator, the family members of the child took her to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital where she was not admitted on the same grounds.
Taking suo motu cognizance of media reports, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from Union Health Secretary BP Sharma and Delhi Health Secretary Amar Nath, a NHRC statement issued today said.
According to media reports, a newborn girl, who was born prematurely with under developed lungs and weak organs at a private hospital, died after being denied treatment by three hospitals in Delhi on July 6.
Saying that the right to health was a "basic human right" and the state had a responsibility to fulfil this right, the commission said: "Any denial of this right and that too in a case of a newly born in a serious condition is abominable.
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The commission said that reportedly, on being refused admission first at the Kalawati Saran Children Hospital on the ground of non-availability of bed and ventilator, the family members of the child took her to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital where she was not admitted on the same grounds.
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