Hyderabad, May 31 -- A newborn baby lost his left arm due to the alleged negligence of medical professionals at the government-run Mother and Child Health Centre (MCH) in Khammam.

According to local reports, a couple, Renuka and Satyakanth, hailing from Punyapuram village of Wyra mandal, had twins at a private hospital in Khammam on March 3.

Renuka had given birth in the seventh month of her pregnancy; therefore, while one of the boys was a healthy 3 kg, the other weighed only 1.2 kg.

Unable to afford the required care at the private hospital, the smaller boy was shifted to the Khammam MCH, where Renuka's relative, Vijayakumari, looked after him.

The baby was kept in an incubator and given blood transfusions. After 18 days, Vijaykumar...