The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to Madhya Pradesh officials in the case of death of two infants due to mice at the Government Maharaja Yashwantrao (MY) Hospital in Indore. On September 5, this notice has been issued to the Principal Secretary, Department of Public Health and Medical Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh and a non-profit organization of Indore, a non-profit organization Network for Access to Justice on 3 September. According to the notice, NHRC has asked the authorities to investigate the case and submit the action report within 10 days.
Accusing the administration of the Government Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital (MYH) of Indore of misleading by lying, an organization of the tribal community on Monday alleged that the four fingers of the hand of a newborn girl admitted to the intensive medical unit (ICU) of the hospital had gone to the rats. Jayas national president Lokesh Mujalda told ‘PTI-Bhasha’, “The newborn daughter of Devaram of the tribal community of Dhar district was admitted to the ICU of MYH due to congenital distortions. He died after mice attack.
After the post -mortem, the body of the girl was packed in a plastic bag and was handed over family members late Saturday. ”He said that when the packing was removed from the body before the funeral, the mourning and resentment of the family increased to see that the newborn girl had allegedly had all four fingers of the rats.
Mujalda alleged that the MYH administration had initially misled the girl by lying about the girl that the bite of mice had caused minor wounds in her fingers. He repeated the demand for suspension of top officials, including the superintendent of MYH and registering a case of culpable homicide against him and warned that the tribal community would launch a big movement if the demand is not met by Monday evening.
Officials said that on the intervening night of 31 August and 1 September, mice attacked two newborns struggling with different congenital distortions at the ICU of MYH. The family of one of these girls lives in Dewas district of Indore. The MYH administration, surrounded by criticism due to allegations of gross negligence, is constantly claiming that the death of the two newborns has nothing to do with the bite of mice and he died of serious health problems already existing due to different congenital malformations.