JACOBABAD: A newborn girl died on Sunday due to the unavailability of an incubator in Jacobabad, Sindh, ARY News reported, citing the infant’s father.
According to the father, he initially took his newborn daughter to the Jacobabad Institute of Medical Sciences (JIMS), a government hospital. However, due to a lack of facilities, he shifted her to a private hospital.
He stated that the private hospital staff turned him away because no incubator was available, and he was forced to bring the baby back to JIMS.
The doctors advised him to shift the child to a hospital in Sukkur. However, tragically, the newborn girl died on the way to Sukkur.
Hospital authorities stated that an investigation into the tragic incident is underway.
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Earlier, in a shocking case of medical negligence, doctors at a private hospital in Sadiqabad, Rahim Yar Khan district, performed unnecessary appendix surgeries on dozens of children in an alleged major misdiagnosis case.
The incident took place in Tallo Bangla Chak 212, where the medical staff of Toheed Medical Complex on Kacha Shahi Road carried out appendectomies on dozens of children who were complaining of abdominal pain.
Authorities sealed the Toheed Medical Complex after an inquiry report revealed serious negligence, unethical and inappropriate surgical interventions.
The investigation followed a public outcry after the incident went viral on social media.
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