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Couple accuses hospital staff of exchanging new-born

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Press Trust of India Jaipur
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 3:44 AM IST

The woman, Alisha, claimed that the Kanwatia Hospital authorities exchanged the baby boy delivered by her with that of a female child last night.

The hospital authorities have, however, denied the charge.

"My wife gave birth to a boy but after 15 minutes of delivery, a hospital staff gave her a girl. We do not know if it was a deliberate act or a mistake, but we want our boy," Irshad, husband of the woman, told reporters here.

"We suspect that the girl is two-three days old and we want a fair investigation," he said.

Meanwhile, Hariom Sharma, in-charge of the hospital located in Shastri Nagar, said the allegation was completely baseless.

"The woman gave birth to a girl, and not boy and there is no negligence on part of the hospital staff. No other delivery took place when Alisha gave birth to the girl as it was the only case of delivery last night," he said.

Earlier, on April 2, a baby girl remained abandoned in a Jodhpur hospital as two couples fought over the boy.

  

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First Published: May 25 2012 | 5:15 PM IST

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