JAIPUR: In a case of sheer carelessness of doctors, a 32-year-old woman delivered a child in an autorickshaw while returning home after the the doctors allegedly refused to admit her to Zenana hospital late on Wednesday evening. The infant later died.

The incident could be an eye-opener for the government, which is spending crores of rupees annually to bring down both infant and maternal mortality rate.

Pinki's husband Janki Lal rushed her to Zenana hospital, which is one of the biggest government-run women and childcare hospital in the state. Around 7pm on Tuesday evening, she complained of abdomen pain. But, when she reached the hospital and showed the doctors her case file, they did not admit her as her expected delivery date was June 11. "As she was two months away from her date, Pinki was asked her to come back in June," a Sindhi camp police station official said.

While Janki Lal along with his wife was returning home in Hasanpura in an autorickshaw, she delivered the child. He rushed back to the hospital and admitted her but by then the child was dead.

Heartbroken, Janki Lal after losing his newborn, sat on a dharna outside the hospital demanding action against the accused doctors. Till late on Wednesday, the police had not filed an FIR.

Janki Lal is a factory worker in Vishwakarma industrial area.

Several attempts by TOI to contact Zenana hospital superintendent, Dr Lata Rajauria, failed to yield any results as she never responsed to the calls.

Labour 'pangs':

The incident should be an eye-opener for the government, which is spending crores of rupees annually to bring down both infant and maternal mortality rate

When the pregnant woman approach doc Seema, she allegedly refused to take the case seriously as the delivery date issued in the woman's case history was June 11, 2015

Janki Lal, after losing his child, sat on a dharna outside the hospital demanding action against the accused doctor(s). Till late on Wednesday, the police had not filed an FIR

