Haryana Congress president Ashok Tanwar today accused the ruling BJP of politicising the death of a newborn after an ambulance, carrying him, allegedly got stuck in a traffic jam caused by a rally of the state Congress unit.
Tanwar also alleged that the authorities had prepared the investigation report in the matter "under pressure". The report had said delay in reaching the hospital caused the infant's death.
He said the private hospital in Sonepat where the child was born "was not even registered and ill equipped to deal with critical cases as the infant was born nearly two months premature".
The child died soon after reaching Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) at Rohtak on Wednesday. He was referred to the institute from Sonepat civil hospital.
Director General, Haryana Health Services, Dr Satish Agarwal had recently submitted the report to Health minister Anil Vij.
Vij had later said, "It was found in the report that the ambulance was stuck for about 20 to 30 minutes due to jam caused by the cycle rally of the Haryana Pradesh Congress chief Dr Ashok Tanwar...On the basis of these evidences, the main reason for the death of newborn was delay in reaching the hospital."
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