GAIGHAT, MARCH 4
Family members of a pregnant woman, who died waiting for her treatment at the district hospital in Udayapur, have accused the hospital of showing extreme negligence.
Thirty-two-year-old Sita Raut of Udayapur Rural Municipality died at 2:00am today while waiting for treatment after she was admitted to Udayapur District Hospital on Tuesday. According to the deceased woman's kin, she died as doctors didn't attend to her saying they wanted her to have a normal delivery.
"I had asked the doctors either to operate on her and deliver the baby or allow me to take her elsewhere, but they didn't do anything," said the woman's husband Arjun Karki.
"Her condition started getting worse all of a sudden at night, and as there were no doctors at that time, it took some time before doctors turned up, but it was too late," said local Santosh Niraula.
Regarding the incident, the victim's kin have sought a fair investigation into the death and action against the guilty. They have also refused to receive the body seeking immediate investigation into the negligence. They also picketed the hospital early morning today.
The hospital has two expert parturition doctors, and according to the bereaved husband, they didn't receive any service from the doctors.
A large number of Armed Police Force and Janapad personnel were deployed at the hospital after the victim's kin manhandled a few doctors at the hospital today.
They also demanded that the hospital guarantee the future of the two daughters of the deceased woman, saying they would not receive the body until their demands were met and the negligence was investigated.
District Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Mukesh Jha said investigation into the death of the patient was under way. The hospital said the patient died from difficulty in breathing while preparations to conduct an operation was under way. "As talks between the victim's side and the hospital administration are on at the District Administration, we hope a solution will be found," said CDO Birendra Yadav.
A version of this article appears in the print on March 5, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
