New Delhi, Sep 18 (PTI) A newborn died allegedly due to unavailability of ventilators at a government hospital here after which angry relatives confined a nurse to a room for sometime, hospital sources said.

They said the baby was born premature at the Delhi government-run hospital in Malviya Nagar on Thursday and had to be referred to a central government-run hospital in Lutyens' Delhi as the previous facility lacked ventilators.

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The baby died at the central government-run hospital hours later, following which angry relatives of the newborn confined the nurse of the state-run facility to a room for sometime.

A police officer said a team was sent to the hospital following PCR calls over the alleged confinement of the healthcare worker.

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No case has been registered in connection with the incident yet, the officer said.

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