Thiruvananthapuram, February 17 Activists from the Congress, BJP, and SDPI staged a protest at the Nedumangad district hospital here on Tuesday evening, demanding action over the death of a baby during childbirth, according to police.
Police stated that a case under section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) was registered after receiving information about the newborn's death.
The family, who belong to a tribal community, has not yet filed a complaint, the report added.
State Health Minister Veena George, in a statement, said that the Director of the Health Department has been directed to immediately investigate the matter and take strong action based on the complaint that a baby died during childbirth at the Nedumangad district hospital.
The family told reporters that they were informed that a C-section would be performed if the baby was not born by noon.
"However, the concerned doctor did not take any action until 2 pm, and then they hurriedly took the pregnant woman for a C-section. After that, they told us that more blood was needed, and sometime after that they said that the baby was dead."
"If they had performed the C-section earlier, the baby would have survived," the family members claimed.
Activists from the Congress, BJP, and the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) staged a protest outside the hospital, demanding action against the concerned doctor.