Karachi Hospital Missing Newborn Case: Full Story Behind the Nazimabad Incident

A high-profile investigation into a reported missing newborn at a private hospital in Nazimabad, Karachi, has taken a major turn following medical evaluations and statements from police and hospital officials.

What began as severe allegations of medical negligence and kidnapping against hospital staff has unfolded into a complex case involving unauthenticated medical records, emergency surgical decisions, and systemic procedural lapses.

How the Dispute Started in Nazimabad

The incident took place at a private hospital located in Gol Market, Nazimabad No. 3. A family brought a woman to the facility claiming she was in labor at 40 weeks of pregnancy.

According to the family's initial complaint:

• Hospital staff transferred the woman to the operating room for a delivery procedure.

• Following the surgery, medical personnel did not produce a newborn.

• Hospital management subsequently informed the relatives that no delivery had occurred because the woman was not pregnant.
  
  

Believing their baby had gone missing due to hospital negligence, the family staged protests on the premises and filed a formal complaint with the police.

Statement from Gynecologist Dr. Anjum Ara Hassan

In response to the growing public backlash, Prof. Dr. Anjum Ara Hassan, head of the hospital’s gynecology department, issued a detailed video statement presenting the hospital's side:

1. Initial Visit & Examinations: The patient first visited the clinic in February claiming to be three months pregnant, but a hospital ultrasound showed no pregnancy.

2. Fake Reports Alleged: The patient later presented an ultrasound report from another medical facility indicating a pregnancy, which Dr. Anjum claimed was unauthenticated.

3. Emergency Admission & Surgery: The woman arrived at the emergency department presenting external documents. Duty doctors performed a cardiotocography (CTG) test to check for fetal heartbeat. Dr. Anjum noted that the machine likely picked up the mother's own pulse, which doctors misread as a fetal heartbeat, prompting an immediate surgical procedure.

4. Surgical Findings: Once the surgery began, doctors discovered that there was no pregnancy. Subsequent medico-legal and laboratory checks confirmed the absence of any pregnancy.
   
   

Dr. Anjum also noted that she had not personally examined the woman prior to the surgery and questioned certain unauthorized entries written in the patient's hospital file.

Police Investigation and Concluding Findings

Police investigators and a specialized medical board reviewed CCTV footage, medico-legal reports, and hospital paperwork.

During police questioning, the woman admitted that she had not been pregnant. She explained that after experiencing a miscarriage after her marriage in 2024, she faced intense social pressure and began representing herself as pregnant.

However, authorities highlighted serious administrative negligence by the hospital. Duty doctors took the patient straight to an operating room based on an unverified ultrasound report displayed on a mobile phone without conducting thorough internal examinations or confirmatory blood tests. Police confirmed that legal proceedings will proceed against responsible hospital staff and doctors for procedural oversights.

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