A nurse was accused of offering a newborn girl for Rs 2.6 lakh through a WhatsApp message, exposing an alleged illegal adoption racket.

A private hospital in Gautam Buddh Nagar district was sealed, and its license was also revoked on Tuesday (March 24) after its owner and two staff members were allegedly found involved in the 'sale' of a five-day-old girl for Rs 2.6 lakh, police and health officials said, as quoted by PTI. A police team arrested the owner of Navjeevan Hospital, a sanitation worker and an operation theatre technician, while a nurse and her husband are absconding, they said.

Following the arrests, the chief medical officer (CMO) constituted a three-member inquiry committee. Deputy CMO Chandan Soni said the action followed a police report. “The hospital’s licence has been cancelled based on police inputs. A three-member committee led by the CMO will examine all records, including delivery registers, to verify the identities of mothers and detect any manipulation. Its findings will be compiled as evidence and could be important in court,” he said as quoted by TOI.

The licence of the private hospital, Navjeevan, located under Bisrakh police station limits, was cancelled and the facility was sealed, a senior district health officer said, adding that further investigation by the health department is und

A nurse was accused of offering a newborn girl for Rs 2.6 lakh through a WhatsApp message, exposing an alleged illegal adoption racket.

A private hospital in Gautam Buddh Nagar district was sealed, and its license was also revoked on Tuesday (March 24) after its owner and two staff members were allegedly found involved in the 'sale' of a five-day-old girl for Rs 2.6 lakh, police and health officials said, as quoted by PTI. A police team arrested the owner of Navjeevan Hospital, a sanitation worker and an operation theatre technician, while a nurse and her husband are absconding, they said.

Following the arrests, the chief medical officer (CMO) constituted a three-member inquiry committee. Deputy CMO Chandan Soni said the action followed a police report. “The hospital’s licence has been cancelled based on police inputs. A three-member committee led by the CMO will examine all records, including delivery registers, to verify the identities of mothers and detect any manipulation. Its findings will be compiled as evidence and could be important in court,” he said as quoted by TOI.

The licence of the private hospital, Navjeevan, located under Bisrakh police station limits, was cancelled and the facility was sealed, a senior district health officer said, adding that further investigation by the health department is und

A nurse was accused of offering a newborn girl for Rs 2.6 lakh through a WhatsApp message, exposing an alleged illegal adoption racket.

A private hospital in Gautam Buddh Nagar district was sealed, and its license was also revoked on Tuesday (March 24) after its owner and two staff members were allegedly found involved in the 'sale' of a five-day-old girl for Rs 2.6 lakh, police and health officials said, as quoted by PTI. A police team arrested the owner of Navjeevan Hospital, a sanitation worker and an operation theatre technician, while a nurse and her husband are absconding, they said.

Following the arrests, the chief medical officer (CMO) constituted a three-member inquiry committee. Deputy CMO Chandan Soni said the action followed a police report. “The hospital’s licence has been cancelled based on police inputs. A three-member committee led by the CMO will examine all records, including delivery registers, to verify the identities of mothers and detect any manipulation. Its findings will be compiled as evidence and could be important in court,” he said as quoted by TOI.

The licence of the private hospital, Navjeevan, located under Bisrakh police station limits, was cancelled and the facility was sealed, a senior district health officer said, adding that further investigation by the health department is und

A nurse was accused of offering a newborn girl for Rs 2.6 lakh through a WhatsApp message, exposing an alleged illegal adoption racket.

A private hospital in Gautam Buddh Nagar district was sealed, and its license was also revoked on Tuesday (March 24) after its owner and two staff members were allegedly found involved in the 'sale' of a five-day-old girl for Rs 2.6 lakh, police and health officials said, as quoted by PTI. A police team arrested the owner of Navjeevan Hospital, a sanitation worker and an operation theatre technician, while a nurse and her husband are absconding, they said.

Following the arrests, the chief medical officer (CMO) constituted a three-member inquiry committee. Deputy CMO Chandan Soni said the action followed a police report. “The hospital’s licence has been cancelled based on police inputs. A three-member committee led by the CMO will examine all records, including delivery registers, to verify the identities of mothers and detect any manipulation. Its findings will be compiled as evidence and could be important in court,” he said as quoted by TOI.

The licence of the private hospital, Navjeevan, located under Bisrakh police station limits, was cancelled and the facility was sealed, a senior district health officer said, adding that further investigation by the health department is und

A nurse was accused of offering a newborn girl for Rs 2.6 lakh through a WhatsApp message, exposing an alleged illegal adoption racket.

A private hospital in Gautam Buddh Nagar district was sealed, and its license was also revoked on Tuesday (March 24) after its owner and two staff members were allegedly found involved in the 'sale' of a five-day-old girl for Rs 2.6 lakh, police and health officials said, as quoted by PTI. A police team arrested the owner of Navjeevan Hospital, a sanitation worker and an operation theatre technician, while a nurse and her husband are absconding, they said.

Following the arrests, the chief medical officer (CMO) constituted a three-member inquiry committee. Deputy CMO Chandan Soni said the action followed a police report. “The hospital’s licence has been cancelled based on police inputs. A three-member committee led by the CMO will examine all records, including delivery registers, to verify the identities of mothers and detect any manipulation. Its findings will be compiled as evidence and could be important in court,” he said as quoted by TOI.

The licence of the private hospital, Navjeevan, located under Bisrakh police station limits, was cancelled and the facility was sealed, a senior district health officer said, adding that further investigation by the health department is und

A nurse was accused of offering a newborn girl for Rs 2.6 lakh through a WhatsApp message, exposing an alleged illegal adoption racket.

A private hospital in Gautam Buddh Nagar district was sealed, and its license was also revoked on Tuesday (March 24) after its owner and two staff members were allegedly found involved in the 'sale' of a five-day-old girl for Rs 2.6 lakh, police and health officials said, as quoted by PTI. A police team arrested the owner of Navjeevan Hospital, a sanitation worker and an operation theatre technician, while a nurse and her husband are absconding, they said.

Following the arrests, the chief medical officer (CMO) constituted a three-member inquiry committee. Deputy CMO Chandan Soni said the action followed a police report. “The hospital’s licence has been cancelled based on police inputs. A three-member committee led by the CMO will examine all records, including delivery registers, to verify the identities of mothers and detect any manipulation. Its findings will be compiled as evidence and could be important in court,” he said as quoted by TOI.

The licence of the private hospital, Navjeevan, located under Bisrakh police station limits, was cancelled and the facility was sealed, a senior district health officer said, adding that further investigation by the health department is und

A nurse was accused of offering a newborn girl for Rs 2.6 lakh through a WhatsApp message, exposing an alleged illegal adoption racket.

A private hospital in Gautam Buddh Nagar district was sealed, and its license was also revoked on Tuesday (March 24) after its owner and two staff members were allegedly found involved in the 'sale' of a five-day-old girl for Rs 2.6 lakh, police and health officials said, as quoted by PTI. A police team arrested the owner of Navjeevan Hospital, a sanitation worker and an operation theatre technician, while a nurse and her husband are absconding, they said.

Following the arrests, the chief medical officer (CMO) constituted a three-member inquiry committee. Deputy CMO Chandan Soni said the action followed a police report. “The hospital’s licence has been cancelled based on police inputs. A three-member committee led by the CMO will examine all records, including delivery registers, to verify the identities of mothers and detect any manipulation. Its findings will be compiled as evidence and could be important in court,” he said as quoted by TOI.

The licence of the private hospital, Navjeevan, located under Bisrakh police station limits, was cancelled and the facility was sealed, a senior district health officer said, adding that further investigation by the health department is und

A nurse was accused of offering a newborn girl for Rs 2.6 lakh through a WhatsApp message, exposing an alleged illegal adoption racket.

A private hospital in Gautam Buddh Nagar district was sealed, and its license was also revoked on Tuesday (March 24) after its owner and two staff members were allegedly found involved in the 'sale' of a five-day-old girl for Rs 2.6 lakh, police and health officials said, as quoted by PTI. A police team arrested the owner of Navjeevan Hospital, a sanitation worker and an operation theatre technician, while a nurse and her husband are absconding, they said.

Following the arrests, the chief medical officer (CMO) constituted a three-member inquiry committee. Deputy CMO Chandan Soni said the action followed a police report. “The hospital’s licence has been cancelled based on police inputs. A three-member committee led by the CMO will examine all records, including delivery registers, to verify the identities of mothers and detect any manipulation. Its findings will be compiled as evidence and could be important in court,” he said as quoted by TOI.

The licence of the private hospital, Navjeevan, located under Bisrakh police station limits, was cancelled and the facility was sealed, a senior district health officer said, adding that further investigation by the health department is un

Lawmakers have launched a sharp inquiry into the Foreign Ministry’s failure to track roughly 34,000 children sent to Spain for adoption decades ago, criticising what they called a systemic breach of the state’s duty of care. MPs raised the issue during the sixth regular session of the House of Peoples’ Representatives.

The children, mostly from the Benishangul-Gumuz region, were sent in 2011/12  through a now-defunct organisation, Ethio Decha, under a government-coordinated adoption programme.

Foreign Minister Gedion Timotheos acknowledged the ministry has no records or current information regarding the children’s status, location, or welfare. He attributed the lapse to the country’s limited diplomatic presence in Europe, which hindered effective monitoring.

"We possess no records or current information at our office concerning the children sent to Spain," he told lawmakers, adding that a belated effort to gather details through Ethiopian embassies in neighbouring countries has yielded little due to substantial obstacles.

Lawmakers rejected the explanation as insufficient, emphasising that the state retains a binding obligation under international norms and ethical principles to oversee children sent abroad for adoption until they reach adulthood.

Survivors of the former Sean Ross Abbey mother and baby home have asked their local bishop to help them find the 1,090 lost children who died at the religious-run institution, after he urged his parishioners to “name evil for what it is”.

During his Christmas message, Bishop of Killaloe Fintan Monaghan asked his community to “refuse the temptation to look away” and to “stand in solidarity with all who are wounded by violence, without qualification or selective compassion”.

He said that “to be a Christian today is not simply to cherish private beliefs or seasonal traditions. It is to allow the Gospel to shape our response to the harsh realities around us” and he asked parishioners to “name evil for what it is”.

Ann Connolly, a survivor of the former Tipperary home for unmarried mothers, said she felt compelled to respond to the bishop’s words and called on him to “help us find the children”. She told the Irish Examiner that Bishop Monaghan’s message “does not comfort us, it unsettles us”.