Tension ran high in Umarkote town on Thursday following death of a pregnant woman allegedly due to medical negligence.
The deceased woman’s family members and locals blocked the Umarkote-Nabarangpur State Highway near DNK demanding adequate compassion for the family and stern action against the erring doctors.
They withdrew agitation only after local Tehsildar Tarani Suna and IIC Beraindar Kumar Senapati assured them to take needful steps.
According to the report, one Sukuhari Gouda (28) of Batibeda village under Umarkote police limits was admitted in the Umarkote CHC for delivery on Monday. As the only gynaecologist was absent, other doctors didn’t give proper attention Sukubari, alleged her husband Jagdeb.
As her health deteriorated, other doctors referred to the District Headquarters Hospital, Nabarangpur and from there to Brahmpur, where she was died after a delivering a male baby on Thursday morning, said Jagdeb.
As the news spread, locals, former Nabarangpur MP Parsuram Maji and other local BJP leaders gathered at the DNK and staged an agitation demanding compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the family and immediate filling up of vacant doctor posts in the CHC and other hospitals.