The incident took place at 8:30am at Akash Ganga Hospital in Awas Vikas Colony.

AGRA: In a gut-wrenching incident, a stray dog entered the operation theatre (OT) of a private hospital in Farrukhabad city and attacked and killed an infant born a few minutes ago on Monday.

The incident took place at 8:30am at Akash Ganga Hospital in Awas Vikas Colony. Ravi Kumar, who works with a private finance firm, had come to the hospital with his pregnant wife, Kanchan, who was going through labour pain.

“Initially, the hospital’s nursing staff informed us that a normal delivery will be conducted, but moments later after consulting the doctor, they told us that my wife had to go for a caesarean. So, they took her to the operation theatre, and an hour later, they informed us that operation was successful and took Kanchan in a ward, while the baby was still in the OT. They told me to wait outside,” Ravi Kumar said.

“A few minutes later, the hospital staff came out shouting about a dog’s presence in the OT. Sensing danger, I rushed to the OT and saw my baby lying on the floor covered in blood. My baby had dog bite marks on his chest and left eyes. He was lying still with no movement. The dog again attempted to enter the OT while I screamed for help for my kid,” said Kumar, who had become father for the first time.

He added, “I confronted the doctors and hospital staff for the inhuman treatment and negligence, but instead of feeling guilty they offered me money and asked me to remain silent about the incident. They told me that my baby was stillborn and the dog entered the OT by mistake.”

District magistrate Manvendra Singh said, “Our probe found that due to negligence of the hospital, the dog took away the baby and killed him. A committee comprising doctors has been formed under the city magistrate, who will investigate as to how many illegal private hospitals are running in Farrukhabad. The report will be submitted in three days to me to take further action,” Singh said.

After the incident, Farrukhabad police lodged a FIR against hospital owner Vijay Patel and other staff members under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 304-A (death by negligence).

By the time this report was filed, DM Farrukhabad ordered the hospital to be shut down, as the probe done by deputy CMO Rajeev Shakya had also found that the hospital had no valid papers and a licence to operate.

