Open Wounds, Swarmed by Flies: Unable to 'Afford Treatment', 3-year-old Dies Outside UP Hospital
News 18A national child rights body on Saturday stepped in to investigate the death of a three-year-old girl outside a private Prayagraj Hospital, where her surgical wounds were reportedly left open and unattended because her family could not pay the bills. When the money could not be given, the hospital administration kicked us all out without even stitching her surgical wounds and said they can’t treat my child any further,” said Mishra. Additional Superintendent of Police Samar Bahadur said a preliminary inquiry had revealed that the girl was admitted to the private hospital on February 16, and underwent an operation and then she was referred to SRM Hospital, but the parents took her to the children’s hospital instead. The United Medicity Hospital has denied the parents’ claims, saying the girl had not been in the hospital for at least three days before her death.