Overview

• NHRC issued a notice to the Delhi chief secretary requesting a detailed account of the incident within two weeks.
• Media reports say a baby was delivered in an IHBAS washroom on September 7 to a destitute patient admitted under a court order and later died after transfer to Swami Dayanand Hospital.
• Accounts allege the institute lacked basic childbirth facilities and staff struggled to obtain a clamp to cut the umbilical cord.
• Officials cited in reports say the mother is continuing treatment at another government hospital.
• Attention to the institute’s condition intensified after the chief minister’s surprise inspection and pledge for a new building, with reports highlighting long-running diagnostic gaps and limited bed and ventilator capacity.