Max twins case: Family seeks CBI probe, protests outside hospital

New Delhi: A day after an appellate authority stayed the Delhi government order cancelling the Max Hospital’s licence, the grandfather of the twin babies — one of whom was wrongly declared dead by the hosital in Shalimar Bagh — demanded a CBI probe into the case on Thursday.

The family’s counsel indicated that they are prepared to present the case to the appellate authority or move the Delhi high court in the matter.

“We’ll not move. We’ll not relent,” said Ashish Kumar, father of the infants. He and his father Kailash Kumar, 46, along with eight other family members are protesting against the decision of the appellate authority. Squatting under the open sky, Mr Kumar said the family was now seeking help from chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.

At a press conference, 48-year-old Mr Kumar, the grandfather of the baby boy who later died at a nursing home in Pitampura, alleged that the family was not even “informed” about the stay order.

“We tried to protest silently in front of Max Hospital in Shalimar Bagh. However, the police moved us from there. The Delhi government had taken the decision that would have served as a warning to other hospitals. But now the cancellation order has been stayed. We want justice and so we demand a CBI probe into the whole case so that things become clear,” he said.

He added that they have hired an advocate to pursue the case. He claimed that he filed a plea at Rohini court on Thursday for a status report on the ongoing investigation.

The court of the financial commissioner stayed the Directorate General of Health Services’ cancellation order till January 9, when the next hearing will be held.

Rishi Pal Singh, counsel for the family, said: “If the appellate authority summons us, we will present our case or else we may move the high court.”