IPC 304A: Bhopal Doctor booked after pregnant patient dies due to blood transfusion

Bhopal: A doctor belonging to a Private Hospital in Bhopal has been booked under IPC 304A for the death of a pregnant woman due to alleged negligence during treatment.

Allegedly, the health of the patient deteriorated due to a reaction to blood transfusion as the transfused blood was several months old. Relying on the post-mortem report, Chhola Mandir Police have registered a case against the doctor under Section-304-A of IPC.  Statements of the family members have also been recorded, reports Daily Pioneer.

The unfortunate incident happened last year when the patient, who was a resident of Chandbadi, had been admitted to Karond-based Aadhaar Hospital for the delivery of her child. 

At the time of admission on October 15, 2022, the patient was 35 weeks 6 days pregnant. The treating lady doctor conducted the delivery of the child by operation and the patient delivered a baby boy.

However, the next day, the condition of the patient deteriorated. Therefore, another doctor offered blood to the patient at around 2 pm. Following this, the patient died at 10.30 pm.

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After this, a post-mortem of the patient was conducted. Family members of the deceased patient and the doctors of the hospital also recorded their statements.

As per the latest media report by Daily Pioneer, the statements revealed that even though the blood bank had been informed about the requirement of blood at 5pm on October 15, the blood could be offered to the woman only the next day, around 21 hours later. As a result of this, the patient's condition worsened further and the blood transfusion was stopped due to this. 

Relying on the Post-Mortem report, Police booked the 55 years old doctor who had given the blood to the patient. Allegedly, it was found that the patient had died because of an old blood transfusion.

Commenting on the matter, a doctor told the daily that the patient had died due to a blood transfusion reaction. The transfused blood resulted in a hypersensitivity and due to this, there were spots on the body. 

He further mentioned that before blood transfusion and before giving any injection, sensitivity test is done and if reaction is noticed, then the doctor does not give it to the patient.

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