A mother has died after doctors left the head of her newborn baby inside her womb after tearing off the body during delivery.
Geeta Devi, 32, was admitted to a government hospital in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, northern India, on Saturday night after she complained of labour pains.
But she died early hours of Sunday after doctors shockingly pulled the body of her newborn baby girl and left the head inside her womb.
And in an even worse case of medical negligence, she was then abandoned and sent to another government hospital with the baby's head still inside her womb.
At nearby Bareilly hospital, doctors finally managed to remove the head but could not save her life.
Her husband Hemant, 40, from Sadar Bazar, in Shahjahanpur, said: ‘It is the fault of the doctors.
'First they removed the body of my baby - leaving the head inside - and then they told us to take my wife to another hospital. They just left us.
‘Eventually, a local nursing home took my baby’s head out of my wife but she died. They could not save her.’
Deputy Superintendent of Shahjahanpur Police, K G Yadav, said the hospital was not equipped to deal with such a complex delivery.
He said: ‘The hospital didn't have sufficient medical arrangements and hence the mother was referred to another hospital.
'The doctors were not capable of handling this tragic situation and it is due to their negligence the infant's head was left inside the mother.'
He added that his staff were currently investigating which doctors were on duty at the time.
'An investigation has started and once the names of the doctors responsible come out, strict action will be taken,' he said.
The District Magistrate of Shahjahanpur, Shubhra Saxena, has confirmed the investigation into the horrific negligence.
She said: 'It is a severe case of negligence and we are investigating the matter.'
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