Death of pregnant and newborn in Raipur, relatives angry with doctors

Raipur. The gross negligence of the government hospital in the capital has come to the fore. Due to the negligence of the doctors, the pregnant woman and the child who came for delivery died. The angry relatives are creating ruckus by gheraoing the hospital demanding strict action against the doctors. A police team is also present on the spot and efforts are being made to pacify the angry people.

In fact, on Friday, June 9, the family members had reached the Government ‘Humar Hospital’ at 11 am with a pregnant woman resident of Gudhiyari. The family alleges that the delivery of the pregnant woman was to take place. The doctor kept saying again and again that the delivery would happen. At two o’clock in the afternoon the doctor of the hospital left. Even after keeping the woman for a day, neither sonography nor delivery was done. The pregnant woman fainted due to delay in treatment. Seeing her health deteriorating, the doctors of Humar Hospital advised to take the woman to a private hospital. The woman and the child died on being taken to the hospital.

The relatives have accused the doctors of Humar Hospital that there was negligence in the treatment. Only two nurses were in the hospital on the day of the incident. The doctors knew that the woman was in a lot of pain, yet they did not provide any help, on the contrary, they asked the e-rickshaw to go to a private hospital. There was not even an ambulance in the hospital. The woman and the child died due to the negligence of the doctors.