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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Ch Sushil Rao | TNN

Telangana: 2 suspended as hospital turns away Covid positive pregnant woman

HYDERABAD: A pregnant Chenchu tribal woman who had come to a government area hospital in Nagarkurnool's Achampet for delivery was turned away after doctors found she was Covid-19 positive.

As her pleas to admit her fell on deaf ears, the family of Nimalla Lalamma waited outside the hospital gate where the woman gave birth to a baby girl on Tuesday. Health minister T Harish Rao took a serious view of the incident, following which superintendent of the area hospital and a doctor were suspended on Wednesday.

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