Newborn baby death: Cancelled licence of Max Hospital in Shalimar Bagh, says Delhi health minister

Delhi health minister Satyendra Jain said today his ministry has cancelled the license ofMax hospital in Shalimar Bagh after the death of a newborn child last week.

The minister said Max hospital's "negligence in the death of a newborn babywas unacceptable".

"We have cancelled the license of Max Hospital Shalimar Bagh, the negligence in the newborn death case was unacceptable," Satyendra Jain said.

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A baby born prematurely on November 30th was delivered at Max Hospital last week but doctors wrongly declared the baby dead.The baby died during treatment.

A panel formed by the Delhi government to look into the case had found Max hospital guilty of not following prescribed medical norms in dealing with newborn infants.