INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, September 25
Patan High Court today ordered medical test of the child of former Nepali Janata Dal lawmaker Gayatri Shah.
The
court also sought advice of the medical board within three weeks to ensure whether the baby was fit for discharge from Medicity Hospital or
not.
A joint bench of justices Shreeman Kumar Gautam and Tek Narayan Kunwar ruled that the baby should be handed over to its parents if the
government medical board decided that the baby was fit to be discharged.
&If the baby is unfit for discharge, it should be treated at the
same hospital where it is being treated now or at any other hospitals decided by the parents,& read the order
Nepal Mediciti Hospital had filed a case requesting an order for discharge of the baby from the hospital after Shah and her husband Rajesh
Mahato, refused to take the baby home
Shah had given birth to the baby at the hospital with Down syndrome on March 12
She has been visiting the hospital to breastfeed her child
Down syndrome is a genetic disorder usually associated with physical growth delays, mild to moderate intellectual disability, and
characteristic facial features.
Shah and her husband were arrested following an FIR lodged by Nepal Mediciti Hospital on April 4 on charge
of abandoning their newborn at the hospital
The duo were released later
The couple had staged protest on the hospital premises accusing the hospital of lying about the baby health condition while in mother womb,
during Shah routine health check-up.
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