Denied Admission, Woman Delivers Baby Outside Gurugram Hospital's Maternity Ward

The woman was denied admission despite waiting for 12 hours. An inquiry has been ordered after a social media post went viral.

A woman was allegedly forced to deliver her baby outside the maternity ward of the civil hospital here after being denied admission despite waiting for more than 12 hours, officials said today.

The woman gave birth to the child outside the ward late last night. A social media post on the incident soon went viral, prompting the Principal Medical Officer (PMO) to order an inquiry.

The woman's husband, Narender Singh, is a native of Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh. He said he works in a company and has been living with his family in Laxman Vihar colony for the past several years. Mr Singh has filed a complaint against the alleged negligence of a doctor and a nurse of the civil hospital due to which his wife was forced to deliver the baby girl outside the hospital ward.

"I reached the civil hospital around 7 am on Friday with my pregnant wife as she complained of abdominal pain. At the hospital, the nurse present in the maternity ward asked me to come later without examining my wife who was groaning in pain.