‘Medical negligence’ claims woman’s life,
kin block traffic
Shariq Majeed
Tribune News Service

Sangrur December 10
Alleging that a pregnant woman died due to negligence of a woman doctor posted at Sangrur District Hospital, residents of Sunder Basti carrying the body of the deceased blocked traffic at Mahavir Chowk for two to three hours today.

The agitators were “forced” to do so after son of the gynecologist allegedly misbehaved with them while they took the body of the deceased, Moona, 25, to stage a protest.

The protesters alleged that the gynecologist enticed Bobby Kumar, husband of the victim, who works as rickshaw puller, for conducting cesarean on his wife at a private nursing home. They alleged that the gynecologist charged Rs 15,000 from the victim’s husband, who delivered a male child on November 16. But doctor could not stop her bleeding and referred her to Patiala Hospital where she died on Wednesday.

The protesters lifted blockade only after the police assured them that it would register a case of negligence against the doctor. The protesters later allowed the police to get the postmortem of the deceased conducted at the District Hospital. Meanwhile, a local surgeon at the district hospital claimed that postmortem of the deceased would be conducted at the hospital by a board of three doctors tomorrow. SP (Headquarters), Sangrur, Lakhwinder Singh said a police team was inquiring the matter and if required the police would register a case. Amandeep Agarwal, Senior Member, Indian Medical Association, Sangur, has condemned arrest of son of the doctor.