Covid +ve woman in Telangana delivers baby at hospital gate

26 Jan, 2022

Hyderabad, Jan 26 (IANS) Health authorities in Telangana on Wednesday suspended superintendent of a government hospital and a doctor after a tribal woman delivered a baby near the hospital gate as they had turned her away for testing Covid positive.

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