Dalits stage protest outside private hospital

A group of Dalits held a protest outside a private hospital on Phagwara-Palahi road alleging that the negligence by the hospital staff led to the death of a new-born child.
Jagat Ram Soondh Colony resident, Pawan Kumar said his wife Rajni gave birth to a baby boy in Civil hospital here.
However, due to unstable condition, the child was referred to the private hospital, he said.
Kumar alleged that after keeping the child for two hours, the hospital authorities told him to take the new-born to another hospital.
Kumar claimed that the child died while he was rushing him to an another hospital.

Protesters threw garbage infront of the hospital gate and raised angry slogans against hospital staff.
Police force, led by SHO Sarwan Singh reached the spot and brought the situation under control.