New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has taken suo-motu cognizance of a disturbing media report of a newborn at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), Delhi.

The infant was reportedly born in the washroom of the government-run mental health facility, where the mother, a destitute patient, had been admitted under a court order on September 7.

According to the report published on September 10, the hospital lacked basic childbirth facilities, and staff struggled to even procure a clamp to cut the umbilical cord.

The mother and child were eventually transferred to Swami Dayanand Hospital via ambulance, but the newborn could not be saved.

The NHRC has deemed the incident a potent...