India, July 21 -- The Haryana health department has ordered an inquiry after a government doctor posted at the Gurugram Civil Hospital at Sector 10-A referred a snake-bite victim to another hospital in Delhi amid allegations that the child had died during treatment before the referral, officials said on Monday.

The incident took place between 10.15am and 10.30am on Sunday when a 12-year-old boy was brought to the hospital, Dr Pravesh Rao, the doctor at the centre of the inquiry, told HT. During treatment, Rao suspected a venomous snake bite and immediately administered antivenom and other medicines, he told HT. However, the child died within a couple of hours, officials said.

According to Dr Rao, the boy was bitten on his right foot whi...