Kin stage demonstration, alleges medical negligence after woman dies

Family members of a patient who died of alleged medical negligence at Canning Sub-divisional Hospital on Sunday staged demonstration.

Senior police officers reached the spot and brought the situation under control after pacifying the mob. A police personnel said that Dipali Mondal, a resident of Jibantala in Canning, was admitted to the hospital on Saturday after she complained of labour pain. She delivered a girl child later in the evening following which her condition started deteriorating.

The family members of the victim alleged that when her health condition began to deteriorate, they asked the doctors to attend the patient but none turned up at her ward. Later, she was shifted to the Critical Care Unit of the hospital where she died few minutes later.

The incident triggered tension in the hospital after the victim's family members started gathering in front of the hospital building.

A heated altercation broke out between the victim's relatives and the staff members of the hospital. Police said that family members of the victim took her to the hospital. After primary treatment, the patient was admitted to the hospital where she delivered a baby girl.

The family members of the victim alleged that none of the doctors attended to the patient when her condition deteriorated. As the news of her death spread, family members and relatives of the deceased rushed to the hospital and started demonstrating alleging negligence on part of the hospital authorities. An irate mob also gheraoed the doctors and nursing staff of the hospital saying that if they had attended the patient in time she would not have died. The demonstration was halted after the police assured the protestors that the matter would be looked into.

Hospital authorities, however, denied allegations of medical negligence. A senior official of the hospital said that the matter would be looked into.