Mumbai hospital delays newborn's discharge after mediclaim rejection: Staff keep 2-day-old baby away from mother for over 9 hours; court orders Rs 37,000 payout

Mumbai's Bhatia Hospital has been ordered to pay Rs 37,000 after a state consumer commission found its staff kept a 2-day-old newborn away from his mother for over nine hours following a cashless insurance rejection, even though the father had already deposited more than the total bill amount. The commission called the hospital's conduct callous, casual, and insensitive.

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