Overview

• India’s human-rights commission issued a notice to the Delhi Chief Secretary, seeking a detailed report within two weeks.
• The case involves a destitute woman admitted to the mental‑health institute under a court order who reportedly delivered in a washroom on September 7.
• Media accounts allege the facility lacked basic childbirth equipment and say staff struggled to find a clamp to cut the umbilical cord.
• The mother and newborn were shifted by ambulance to Swami Dayanand Hospital, where the infant could not be saved, and the mother is now under treatment elsewhere.
• Coverage cites longstanding infrastructure gaps at IHBAS, and Delhi’s chief minister recently inspected the campus and announced plans for a new hospital building.