Gynaecologists Booked after 4 Women Suffer Kidney Failure Post C-Sections, 2 die

The Daily has reported that the FIR stated that after his wife's death on September 12, 2023, the complainant filed a complaint at C Division police station in Junagadh. Following this, the police launched an inquiry after registering a case of accidental death on September 13.

Consequently, on September 29, the complainant, who is working as a casual labourer, along with the husband of three other women who suffered kidney failure, applied with the Junagadh Chief District Health Officer (CDHO) Dr. Manoj Sutariya and demanded action against the hospital.

Following this, the State Government set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the matter and eventually in May 2024, the CDHO handed over a copy of the SIT report to the complainant.

"The report concluded that the incident (of kidney failure) had happened due to negligence of doctors and hospital management," stated the FIR.

Commenting on the matter, Junagadh Superintendent of Police Harshad Mehta told The Indian Express that the families of the victims had approached the police earlier also and sought an FIR against the doctors and the hospital. 

"However, as per Supreme Court guidelines, police can’t register an FIR against doctors on the basis of a complaint filed by a patient’s family members alleging negligence during treatment. But now that an SIT of experts has probed the incident and submitted its findings, we have booked the doctors and the members of the hospital management," he added.

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