A Delhi court has directed the Delhi Police to conduct an investigation and file a detailed report within three months in a case where two doctors were accused of medical negligence and record-tampering at Fortis Hospital in Shalimar Bagh.

The court rejected the closure report filed by the investigating officer in 2023, which stated that no case was made out against the accused persons.

The case stems from an FIR filed in 2019 by Sapna Jain, who alleged that her son sustained permanent hypoxic brain damage during his birth in 2017 as a consequence of the hospital’s negligence. Hypoxic brain damage occurs when the brain is deprived of sufficient oxygen, leading to the death of cells and potentially long-term cognitive, behavioural and motor disabilities.

The petition filed by the mother

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