At a time when top bureaucrats are visiting various districts to oversee proper implementation of ‘Mo Sarkar’ initiative in District Headquarters Hospitals (DHHs), an incident of a woman delivering twins on a verandah of the Bhadrak DHH has put a question mark if the initiative would succeed.
According to reports, an expectant mother of Taladumuka village under Tihidi block had visited the DHH for delivery on Monday. Instead of attending to the patient, doctors referred her to Cuttack following blood test. Doctors didn’t admit her in the DHH despite repeated requests of her family members. In the meantime, the patient complained of labour pain and delivered twin babies on the hospital verandah. Later, she was shifted to ward.
The woman’s father-in-law alleged that doctors put the woman’s life at risk.
The Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO), however, stated that the woman had a premature delivery.