Woman delivers baby in autorickshaw, Maha hospital staff get show cause notice
Aurangabad: In a shocking incident, a pregnant woman delivered her baby in the autorickshaw at the hospital premises after the staff were busy attending the function. The staff of the woman’s hospital in Vasmat have been served show-cause notices.
Staff of a hospital in Hingoli in Maharashtra have been issued show-cause notices after a woman delivered a child in the autorickshaw in which she was ferried to the facility on Monday, an official said.
The incident took place at the woman’s hospital in Vasmat, some 240 kilometres from here, and video showed staff busy with a function on the premises and no one by the side of the woman except a female attendant, he said.
“She delivered in the autorickshaw in which she had come to the hospital. The concerned staff have been issued show-cause notices over the incident,” Civil Surgeon Mangesh Tehare told PTI.
“They have to answer by Tuesday on what they were doing during duty hours. I will be visiting the facility tomorrow to look into the matter. The newborn has been referred to another facility for further treatment,” he said.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that days after a pregnant woman and her baby died during delivery at a private hospital in Prayagraj, the Additional chief medical officer (ACMO) of the district conducted a surprise inspection and sealed the hospital. The hospital, located in the Ramnagar area of the Uruwa Development Block in the trans-Yamuna region sealed by the ACMO based on the directions of senior departmental officials. The health department had noted the woman's death and had asked the officials to perform a surprise inspection. The ACMO, Dr Teerath Lal, conducted a surprise inspection and directed the hospital owner to give clarification on the pregnant woman and her baby's death.
