A Malad-based couple – Kalpesh Shinde, 35, and his wife, Shreya – were looking forward to welcoming their second child when things went awry and the newborn died within hours of his birth. Shinde, however, blames the Apte Maternity Hospital administration for the child's death as according to him, they did not heed to his wife's request for a c-section and also the doctor in-charge delayed the process. Based on this he filed a police complaint for medical negligence.

'She was in pain'

Since Shinde's daughter was born at the same hospital, he decided to consult gynaecologist Dr Arun Apte. He took his wife to the hospital a day before the delivery date (August 16) after she went into labour. “I admitted her at 8 am. Dr Apte examined her and gave her medicines to induce labour. He asked us to wait until she became more dilated to deliver and said he would return in six hours,” said Shinde.