RAWALPINDI, Nov 30: The rat-bitten newborn baby was discharged from the Holy Family Hospital (HFH) on Friday.

The family named the baby as Abdul Wahab. However, hospital administration, doctors and nurses called him ‘Haibat Khan’.

They said due to the incident, the principal of the attached college, the hospital chief, three administration officials and three nurses were suspended. “A large number of doctors, including the powerful principal of the medical college, were removed,” said Abid Hussain, a doctor in the hospital.

Mussarat Jehan, a nurse, said fear and panic gripped the patients. The suspension of a large number of doctors and nurses also terrified the staff. As a result, we called the baby ‘Haibat Khan’, she added.

The baby was taken to his native town of Sarai Kharboza near Tarnol. The mother was happy to take her child home safely. “My child suffered a lot during his stay in the hospital,” she said while talking to newsmen.

She added that there was a need to improve facilities in hospitals as she did not want other children to go through a similar experience.

Dr Tariq Niazi, the HFH additional medical superintendent administration, told Dawn that the condition of the baby was stable.

“The baby was doing well after he was treated for the injuries. The newborn remained with his mother for two days and after examining him thoroughly the doctors discharged him,” he said.

Meanwhile, Khawaja Salman Raffique, the chief minister’s special assistant on health, during his snap visit to the hospital found heaps of garbage in the parking areas.

He directed the hospital administration to remove them imemdiatelly.

He also sought a report about the requirements of the administration to put things in order. He said the government would take stern action against all those officials who failed to provide maximum facilities to the patients.