Overview
- A woman gave birth on the grounds of Faridabad’s Sector 3 First Referral Unit after her family reached a locked outpatient gate and found no staff, with relatives using a phone torch.
- An official probe found lapses in night duty and led to the suspension of two employees for negligence.
- District officials said the mother arrived fully dilated and delivered within minutes, which left little time for clinical help.
- The health department ordered immediate fixes at the centre that keep both gates open round the clock, station an ambulance outside, and step up night surveillance of emergency services.
- Haryana later issued statewide directives that require 24x7 open main gates at public facilities, round-the-clock ambulances at referral units, continuous nurse presence for deliveries, random night inspections, and rapid redeployment to fill nursing gaps, with a district “war room” planned within one to two months to track pregnancies and speed emergency response.