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Punjab Orders Probe After Infant’s Severed Head Found at Patiala Hospital

Hospital officials report no newborn missing, suggesting the remains may have been dumped from outside.

Shock spread over possible infanticide and the stray dog menace at Rajindra Hospital in Patiala.
A stray dog was seen carrying an infant’s severed head near the ward number 4 of Government Rajindra Hospital in Patiala on Tuesday evening.
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Overview

  • Eyewitnesses saw a stray dog carrying an infant’s severed head near Ward No. 4 of Rajindra Hospital around 5:30 pm on Tuesday.
  • Health Minister Dr Balbir Singh directed a formal inquiry and said the recovered remains were handed to a forensic team for analysis.
  • Medical superintendent Dr Vishal Chopra issued a preliminary report stating all recent newborns are accounted for and cited three documented child deaths with bodies released to families.
  • Patiala police began investigating the origin of the remains, and an FIR had not been registered at the time of the latest reports.
  • The episode intensified concerns about stray dogs, sanitation and security at one of Punjab’s largest public hospitals, and the administration pledged full cooperation with police.