Assam: Compounder of a Tea Garden Hospital Arrested for Declaring Alive Child Dead in Dibrugarh
After high drama, the compounder of a tea garden hospital in northeastern Assam was arrested on Monday for declaring the death of a child in the absence of a doctor, the police said. Police officers in Dibrugarh said that a less than one-year-old ailing child was declared dead by the Muttuck Tea Estate hospital compounder
Dibrugarh, November 9: After high drama, the compounder of a tea garden hospital in northeastern Assam was arrested on Monday for declaring the death of a child in the absence of a doctor, the police said. Police officers in Dibrugarh said that a less than one-year-old ailing child was declared dead by the Muttuck Tea Estate hospital compounder. The child had reportedly showed signs of life just before burial, only to be declared dead again hours later by the doctors at the Assam Medical College and Hospital.The compounder of the Muttuck Tea Estate hospital, Gautam Mitra, was arrested following protests by the workers of the tea garden. India News | Traffic Movement Resumes Between Mizoram, Assam as Blockade Ends After 12 Days.
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