BABY ON VENTILATOR
WhatsApp delivery care: Doc accused of negligence
Nivedha.Selvam@timesgroup.com
Coimbatore:06.06.2019
A private hospital doctor’s negligence has left a newborn on life support,with life at risk, the infant’s mother and relatives claimed on Wednesday. They staged a protest in front of the hospital on Puliyakulam Road in Coimbatore and later lodged a complaint against the doctor with the Ramanathapuram police, accusing her of providing instructions to nurses over WhatsApp after the woman was admitted for delivery.
According to police, Nithya Rangaraj, 26, was admitted to the Genesis Royal Infirmary on May 31, when she went for a regular prenatal check-up with Dr Chandrakala, who runs the hospital. Quoting Nithya, a police officer said the doctor forced her to get admitted to the newly constructed hospital, citing amniotic fluid
leak though the delivery date given to her was June 15.
Nithya’s advocate K Kannan said, “For the next two days since her admission, she was taken care of only by the nurses, who would WhatsApp the doctor pictures of fetus’ position, based on which Chandrakala would prescribe care. The doctor did not see the patient in person at all.” As Nithya didn’t develop labour pain even two days after her admission to the hospital, the doctor asked the nurses to break water (amniotic sac) on Sunday morning. The situation worsened after that and the doctor finally met the patient at 11pm on Sunday and delivered the infant that night. The blood supply to the infant’s brain was slow.
After the delivery, the doctor called for an ambulance to take the mother and newborn to the Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital (KMCH) without informing Nithya’s husband or relatives. “They say the infant will not survive off ventilation,” the advocate said. “The child’s life is at risk only because of the doctor’s negligence.”
When contacted, the doctor said, “We constantly monitored the heart beat and blood flow of the infant. Unfortunately, umbilical cord got disconnected from the mother even before the delivery and as a result blood supply to the infant’s brain was slow. We were preparing for C-section, but she delivered naturally.” Chandrakala said she had done more than 30 deliveries in the past few months alone and all of them was successful.
When asked about the treatment provided to the patient based on WhatsApp communication, Chandrakala refused to comment.
WhatsApp delivery care: Doc accused of negligence
Nivedha.Selvam@timesgroup.com
Coimbatore:06.06.2019
A private hospital doctor’s negligence has left a newborn on life support,with life at risk, the infant’s mother and relatives claimed on Wednesday. They staged a protest in front of the hospital on Puliyakulam Road in Coimbatore and later lodged a complaint against the doctor with the Ramanathapuram police, accusing her of providing instructions to nurses over WhatsApp after the woman was admitted for delivery.
According to police, Nithya Rangaraj, 26, was admitted to the Genesis Royal Infirmary on May 31, when she went for a regular prenatal check-up with Dr Chandrakala, who runs the hospital. Quoting Nithya, a police officer said the doctor forced her to get admitted to the newly constructed hospital, citing amniotic fluid
leak though the delivery date given to her was June 15.
Nithya’s advocate K Kannan said, “For the next two days since her admission, she was taken care of only by the nurses, who would WhatsApp the doctor pictures of fetus’ position, based on which Chandrakala would prescribe care. The doctor did not see the patient in person at all.” As Nithya didn’t develop labour pain even two days after her admission to the hospital, the doctor asked the nurses to break water (amniotic sac) on Sunday morning. The situation worsened after that and the doctor finally met the patient at 11pm on Sunday and delivered the infant that night. The blood supply to the infant’s brain was slow.
After the delivery, the doctor called for an ambulance to take the mother and newborn to the Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital (KMCH) without informing Nithya’s husband or relatives. “They say the infant will not survive off ventilation,” the advocate said. “The child’s life is at risk only because of the doctor’s negligence.”
When contacted, the doctor said, “We constantly monitored the heart beat and blood flow of the infant. Unfortunately, umbilical cord got disconnected from the mother even before the delivery and as a result blood supply to the infant’s brain was slow. We were preparing for C-section, but she delivered naturally.” Chandrakala said she had done more than 30 deliveries in the past few months alone and all of them was successful.
When asked about the treatment provided to the patient based on WhatsApp communication, Chandrakala refused to comment.
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