WB suspends 12 docs over C-section death, orders CID probe

 WB suspends 12 docs over C-section death, orders CID probe 

Dwaipayan Ghosh & Debashis Konar | TNN 17.01.2025

Kolkata : Bengal govt suspended Thursday 12 doctors of Midnapore Medical College and Hospital and ordered a CID probe into allegations that their criminal negligence caused the death of a 32-year-old woman within a few hours of giving birth by caesarean section. The suspensions came eight days after Mamoni Ruidas’s death 12 hours after giving birth. She was among five new mothers whose health deteriorated after C-section procedures. Mamoni allegedly died of septic shock while three others were shifted to a Kolkata hospital. 

The suspended doctors include vice principal of MMCH, head of obstetrics and gynaecology, and three colleagues. CM Mamata Banerjee termed Mamoni’s death due to suspected medical negligence “shocking, unacceptable and avoidable”. She said the kin of the deceased had every reason “to question us”. The CM announced a state govt job for one member of the bereaved family and compensation of Rs 5 lakh

Initial probe suggested that a senior doctor who was supposed to be at the OT during the allegedly botched caesarean was working in a private nursing home. “Those who were negligent, those who left C-sections to trainees, must be booked. I am sympathetic to doctors. But I must also consider people’s well-being when there is wrongdoing,” the CM said 

‘Why wasn’t banned IV fluid stocks withdrawn? Following the death of a woman during childbirth at a Bengal hospital, allegedly after administration of intravenous fluid Ringer’s lactate, Calcutta HC on Thursday questioned Bengal health dept, asking it why it had not taken steps to withdraw existing stocks of Ringer’s lactate made by Paschim Banga Pharmaceutical as soon as Directorate of Drugs Control ordered the pharma company to stop manufacturing it on Dec 10, 2024....the high court said.