Staff in PHC perform delivery causing baby’s death

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Hyderabad:

Two staff members of a primary health centre, who performed a delivery without the presence of a doctor, have been charged with medical negligence as the baby died, police said Friday.

The incident took place in Nizamabad district of Telangana.

Based on a complaint from the woman’s husband, police have registered a case.