A family in Haryana is raising concerns over the ongoing treatment of their child in Gupta Neonatal Hospital. The hospital initially admitted the child for 3-4 days, but the treatment has been going on for over 2 weeks now. The neonatologist treating the child was overly rude to the family after they asked about the reason behind the prolonged treatment.
According to reports by BBN News, a family took their child to Gupta Neonatal Hospital in Hisar. The family travelled from Bhiwani to get the newborn treatment at the hospital. The doctors said that the child was almost unconscious when he was brought to the hospital; however, after putting him on a ventilator, he is in a better state.
The conflict arose when the family, who were initially told that the treatment would take no more than 3-4 days, had to stay over at the hospital for more than 12 days without any explanation from the doctor who was treating the child.
According to the family, the doctor had asked them to get a culture test, and the CRP reports for them came out fine. The hospital also did an MRI scan for the child, which resulted in no complications overall.
However, when the hospital did a second culture test, the CRP numbers came out quite higher compared to before, raising concern for the child as well as the family.
According to the reports, someone from the family, via a call, reached out to the doctor who was treating the child to understand the latest test reports.
The doctor was allegedly overly rude to the family. When the family asked about the elevated CRP results, he initially tried to explain that maybe the medicines that were given to the child were not working, but later went way out of line and said “ Bacha thik se paida kyu nahi kia,” which translates to “ Why didn’t you give birth to the child properly?” The statement escalated the situation, and police were called to the hospital.
According to the reports, Dr. Ravinder Gupta, Director of Gupta Neonatal Hospital, was also contacted by the parents. Allegedly, Dr. Ravinder said that his son, who was treating the child, did not say anything out of the ordinary, and he only said it because the family was questioning him over and over.
Another pediatrician from the same hospital said that the family should not create a scene because of the doctor’s language, as doctors are also humans and they sometimes lose their temper.
MedBound Times connected with Dr. Munish Kumar Raizada, MD, FAAP, board-certified neonatologist. Dr. Munish explained that the Indian healthcare system follows a Paternalistic nature of healthcare, where the doctor takes decisions on behalf of the patient, considering what the doctor thinks is best.
He further explained that healthcare in Western countries works on a dialogue-based approach, which is based on a two-way communication model between the patient and the doctor.
Paternalistic healthcare is inherently flawed because it strips patients of their autonomy and personal values, which can lead to life-altering medical decisions being made without their true informed consent.
The situation that the family had to go through while already dealing with the child’s health is very saddening. It makes people question the ethical values that doctors in the country hold, since this was not an isolated event when a doctor has been rude to a patient or even violent with a patient and their family.
One such incident is from last year: on December 24, 2025, the Himachal Pradesh government dismissed Dr. Raghav Nirula from Indira Gandhi Medical College in Shimla following his brutal assault on 36-year-old hospitalized patient Arjun Singh on December 22, 2025. The physical attack left the patient bleeding, and an FIR was filed against Dr. Raghav regarding the assault.
More such cases circulate online frequently; a user posted on LinkedIn recently about something similar. She wrote that her friend was getting a cannula inserted in a government hospital in India; when she asked the doctor to be a little gentle as it was hurting, the second-year MBBS student ignored her.
When the patient asked her not to inject the SOS injection, the same doctor told her, “You don't tell me what to do. I'm educated here. You are not.”
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