Baby died due to negligence

NST: KOTA BARU: A 30-year-old schoolteacher claimed he and his pregnant wife were subjected to a harrowing runaround at a hospital, leading to the death of their newborn baby boy last Friday.
A visibly upset Nordin Mohd Yaman told the New Straits Times yesterday his wife Suhaiza Mohd Lazim, 27, had been denied entry to the labour room at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia.
He took Suhaiza, who was in labour, to the hospital at 12am on Thursday.
To the couple’s dismay, a woman doctor in the labour room refused to admit Suhaiza although she was in great pain.
"The doctor instructed the nurse who accompanied us to take Suhaiza to another ward. The doctor did not explain her decision to us. She did not even look at my wife," Nordin said.
The couple then spent 45 minutes wandering around the hospital from one ward to another.
Nordin said the hospital did not have enough wheelchairs, so he and the nurse moved Suhaiza on a gurney.
When they finally found a doctor who would attend to his wife, he told the couple the baby was well on its way.
"The doctor told me the baby’s head was visible and my wife must be taken to the labour room immediately," Nordin said, and only then was Suhaiza admitted to the labour room.
The baby, the couple’s second child, died the following day.
Nordin lodged a police report here the same day, alleging negligence by the hospital.
The hospital’s acting director, Dr Zaidon Kamari, said the incident was under investigation.