India, Aug. 6 -- The Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has directed the civil surgeon of Nuh to submit a detailed report within 15 days about "medical negligence and institutional apathy" at the civil hospital, Mandikhera, where a newborn's arm was allegedly severed completely from the body during delivery on July 30.

Taking suo-motu cognizance of what it termed "a grave violation of the rights of the child enshrined under the United Nations convention on the Rights of the Child", the HHRC has directed the Nuh civil surgeon that the report should address the exact circumstances of the delivery with names, designations of doctors and nursing staff involved.

The HHRC said that the report should inform the reasons for severing of the ...