Was infant's death due to negligence?

by Jayampathy Jayasinghe

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Was the death of the infant who fell from the sixth floor of the Lady Ridgeway Hospital in Borella caused due to the negligence of the hospital staff. This is now under investigation.

The twenty-five year old mother from Anuradhapura who allegedly threw her deformed 28-day-old infant from the sixth floor of the Lady Ridgeway Hospital at Borella was arrested by the Borella police on Friday. The suspect was produced in courts and was remanded until investigations are completed.

The woman had told police that she threw her child from the sixth floor owing to disillusionment. "The woman was in a deranged state of mind after giving birth to her second child," OIC Crimes Borella police Inspector G. Hewawithana said. Police found the body of the infant on the second floor of the concrete slab on Friday afternoon.

According to police the woman who had given birth to a deformed child at the Anuradhapura government hospital twenty-eight-days ago, was transferred to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital along with the mother for further treatment.

Police said they will charge the woman in courts for committing the death of the infant.

OIC Crimes G. Hewawithana is conducting investigations.