Dead woman referred to another hosp for ‘treatment’
Jamal.Ayub@timesgroup.com
Bhopal: 19.12.2021
The district civil surgeon has launched an investigation into death of a woman during a family planning operation at JP Hospital here on Saturday.
It is alleged that the woman, who died in the operation theatre, was referred to Hamidia Hospital on the pretext that the ‘deceased was still alive’, alleged Prakash, her husband.
According to reports, to avoid action, the doctor did not pronounce the woman dead and asked the relatives to call for an ambulance. The 27-year-old woman died minutes after she reached the operation theatre for sterilization.
To save herself from any unpleasant situation, the doctor at JP hospital allegedly ‘referred’ the dead woman to Hamidia after telling her relatives that she was still alive.
According to reports, Muskaan, wife of Prakash, a resident of Barkheda, had reached JP Hospital on Saturday for sterilization under family planning scheme of the government. After all the investigations, the woman was taken to the operation theatre, after some time the woman’s body started getting cold.
The testimony of three other doctors who did not find the woman’s pulse or heartbeat, will be ascertained by the government investigation.
Family members alleged that the doctor at JP Hospital told them that Muskan’s pulse had returned, and they should take her to Hamidia Hospital soon. On the pretext of helping the family, the doctor called 108 ambulance from the mobile of her associate nurse and distanced herself from the matter by ‘referring’ the dead body, it is alleged.
“We will get this matter investigated. On the face of it, it looks very complicated. Action will be taken after cause of death is known,” said district civil surgeon, Dr Rakesh Srivastava.
Sources say the 27-year-old woman died in the OT during a sterilisation op but instead of declaring her dead, a doctor rerferred her to another hospital to avoid an unpleasant situation
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