Hours after a newborn died at a Mumbai hospital after staff refused to accept Rs. 500 notes, police have lodged an FIR against the doctor who refused to admit the infant, the Hindu reported.

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The FIR was registered against Sheetal Kamath, who refused to admit the infant at Jeevan Jyot Hospital and Nursing Home in Mumbai's Govandi. According to police, the baby's father, Jagdish Sharma, registered the complaint on Friday against Dr Sheetal Kamath.

According to preliminary media reports, the boy died one day after Jeevan Jyoti Hospital and Nursing Home in Govandi denied treatment because his parents wanted to pay a part of the deposit in Rs 500 notes.

Kiran, the mother of the child delivered the baby in the care of relatives and neighbours. Since the baby, weighing all of 1.6 kg, was born premature and Kiran lost a lot of blood during the delivery, the family decided to rush her to Dr Kamath. The baby was born prematurely and so needed treatment, which was refused on grounds of the family's inability to pay the full deposit.

However, Dr. Kamath's friend, Dr. Nandita Iyer, gave Kamath's side on Twitter.



People, please be a little patient before you circulate the untruth printed by Mumbai Mirror. This is the actual statement -Please read & RT pic.twitter.com/wPfff1EZuZ — Nandita Iyer (@saffrontrail) November 12, 2016

Dr. Sheetal told relatives with the old currency, they would have a problem with private NICU for which I had referred them to Sion Hospital — Nandita Iyer (@saffrontrail) November 12, 2016

you can omit any words you please and imply that doctor had problem w. currency. She was clear that she didn't have facilities for neonate. — Nandita Iyer (@saffrontrail) November 12, 2016

Inability to take a patient due to lack of facilities is NOT EQUAL to turning them down for money. How is that negligence? — Nandita Iyer (@saffrontrail) November 12, 2016