The alleged negligence of doctors at a private hospital in Bokaro claimed the life of a pregnant woman on Tuesday.Tension ran high in the district headquarters Jain hospital (DJH) at Bokaro sector-VIII on Tuesday following death of a pregnant woman allegedly due to medical negligence,family sources said.
The deceased person's family members and locals staged a dharna inside the hospital campus. They withdrew their agitation only after the DySP Gayan Ranjan assured them to take action against the erring doctor.
According to reports,Sarweshwari Devi (39) of Bari co-operative residence no 707 under Harla police limits was admitted to the hospital for delivery on Monday. After a check up, gynaecologist Doctor informed her husband identified as Inder Kumar that it would be a normal delivery.
Sarweshwari’s husband,Inder Kumar alleged that after the check-up the gynaecologist left for a private clinic.
When his wife complained of labour pain, no doctor was present in the hospital and she died after three hours of delivery. As the news spread on Thursday morning, locals gathered at the hospital and staged an agitation demanding action against the doctor. They also demanded compensation of for family of the deceased woman also demanded immediate action doctors of the hospital.