Bengaluru: Parents of a baby girl have accused the BBMP Referral Hospital, Srirampura, of medical negligence. The child was born on January 24 at the civic body’s hospital and died on Sunday in another hospital.

The child was first referred to KC General Hospital on the third day after her birth and then to Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health. She succumbed to an aggravated strain of jaundice.

According to Dr Nirmala Buggi, chief health officer (clinical), BBMP, it was a normal delivery. “There is no medical negligence. On the third day, the baby developed jaundice and was referred to another hospital. From there, she was referred to another hospital as her condition was aggravating fast. After getting treated there for 24 hours, the child succumbed. It was a case of congenital haemolytic anaemia. Normally, cases of jaundice don’t aggravate so fast,” she said.

Sriramapuram police said Suneetha, mother of baby, and her relatives alleged that the child died due to negligence in treatment at the BBMP hospital. Later, the officials concerned convinced them that there was no negligence. “We have not registered any negligence case against the BBMP hospital or its doctor,” police said.