People outside a hospital in Tral were struck with horror when a dead newborn was found lying in dust near its main entrance Thursday, sparking anger and disbelief across Kashmir.
Following a hue and cry, a woman from Bathnoor area of Tralclaimed the baby was delivered by her daughter prematurely in the Sub DistrictHospital.
“My daughter was seven months pregnant who fell down and gotinjured. We took her to the hospital where she delivered the dead baby,” thewoman said.
The woman quickly escaped the scene without saying anythingon being asked by some locals why the dead baby girl was thrown away.
Police have registered a case on a complaint by theconcerned block medical officer.
A doctor in the hospital said the horrific sequence of eventshappened without the knowledge of the hospital staff.
“We gave treatment to both patient and baby but thebaby had died inside the womb. We don’t know later how they threw out the deadbaby,” a doctor on duty said, adding the patient and her attendant fledfrom the hospital without taking the discharge certificate.