The pandemonium unleashed by the demonetisation policy has left many confused and panicked about exchanging currency.
But while hospitals were expected to accept the old currency, an infant boy in Mumbai didn’t get the chance to survive as the hospital refused to accept his parents’ deposit. They were in Rs 500 currency notes.
The infant’s father, Jagadish Sharma is a carpenter. His wife, Kiran was under the care of Dr Sheetal Kamath in Jeevan Jyot Hospital and Nursing Home in Govandi.
According to tests and sonography done at the hospital on 8 November, Kiran was supposed to have her baby in the first week of December.
But on the morning of 9 November, she went into premature labour and delivered the baby at home. Since she had lost a lot of blood during the birth, and the baby had been born premature, Kiran was rushed to the hospital.