Srinagar, June 21 -- Authorities in Bandipora district have ordered an inquiry to examine the circumstances leading to an alleged roadside delivery of a patient after being discharged from a hospital, officials said on Saturday.

The family of Hafeeza Begum, a resident of north Kashmir's Chechinar Aloosa area, have alleged that she delivered a baby on the roadside after being discharged from Bandipora District Hospital where she was kept under observation, the officials said.

They said the incident prompted Bandipora Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to constitute a five-member inquiry committee to probe the matter.

". to conduct a detailed inquiry into the matter, the committee comprising the below-mentioned members is hereby constituted to ...