Patient, infant death during delivery: 3 Gynaecologists arrested under IPC 304A after medical board report

Palakkad: 3 gynecologists associated with the Pallakad Thangam hospital were arrested after a medical board report found them guilty of medcial negligence during delivery leading to death of the mother and the newborn 

Police arrested three doctors of a private hospital in this district on the charges of medical negligence which allegedly caused the death of a newborn baby and mother in July this year at Yakkara in Palakkad.

According to police, they arrested the doctors Ajith, Nila and Priyadarshini of Thangam hospital.

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Palakkad DYsP-led investigating team recorded the arrest of them and later released on bail.

This came after the medical board led by District Medical Officer (DMO) submitted the report to the Health department citing medical negligence from the side of doctors.

The medical board stated that the attempts of the doctors to suck out the child using a vacuum led to irreversible complications. While the child died following a nuchal cord (when baby's umbilical cord becomes wrapped around its neck), heavy bleeding triggered by vacuum led to the mother's death.

The report has also blamed the hospital authorities for the delay in informing the family of the woman of the details of her health condition

It was on July 2, the newborn of Ajith of Thathamangalam died at the hospital owing to the cord entanglement around the neck.

Police had registered a case for causing death without the intention to kill, following the complaint of the relatives of the deceased. Three doctors had been booked under IPC Section 304(a) (Causing death by negligence), after huge commotion at the hospital. The relatives were refusing to disperse until the collector arrives, the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) talked to the family members and assured them of action against those who are found guilty

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