Indian doctors sacked for mistakenly pronouncing newborn dead

    Two doctors in India have been fired after a newborn baby was mistakenly declared dead.

    The doctors were sacked by the privately-run Max Hospital in Delhi following public outrage over the incident.

    On 30 November a child was delivered stillborn at the hospital and the baby’s twin was pronounced dead a few hours later.

    However, the parents found that the baby was alive while they were on their way to his funeral.

    A government inquiry into the incident is ongoing.

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