Prosecutor’s office opened a criminal case because of death of a newborn

A newborn died in the Central Hospital of the Gazakh region, a criminal case has been instituted, the regional prosecutor’s office said.

The report says that according to the results of the investigation conducted on the fact of the death of the newborn in the maternity ward of the Central Hospital of the Gazakh region, it was established that the doctors of the specified hospital did not have a full medical care, the necessary examination before giving birth, the measures for the correct Determining the condition of the fetus during childbirth was not invited to childbirth. A neonatologist. For the indicated reasons, the real state of the newborn was not correctly evaluated, as a result of non -provision of timely medical care, the newborn died.

The prosecutor’s office of the Gazakh district opened a criminal case under Article 314.2 (negligence, which entailed by negligence, the death of the victim or other grave consequences) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.