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Chhattisgarh woman carrying dead foetus dies after being denied treatment
Korba district collector P Dayanand has constituted three-member team to probe the incident.
A 22-year-old pregnant woman, carrying a dead foetus, died of infection in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district after doctors at various private hospitals allegedly refused to treat her as she was unable to pay their fees.
Korba district collector P Dayanand has constituted three-member team to probe the incident.
The woman identified as Saraswati Mahant died on Monday night at a private hospital here at Rajgamar road, the collector said.
A native of Podibahar village under Rampur police station, Gulabdas Mahant had taken his wife Saraswati to Jamunadevi Memorial Maternity private hospital on Monday after she complained of severe stomach pain.
The woman was told at the hospital during a scan that her eight-month old foetus had died.
“Doctors at Jamunadevi hospital advised to get the foetus removed and asked for a fees of Rs 10,000. They also asked to arrange blood for my wife,” Gulabdas said.
“Doctors stopped her treatment when I told them that I am arranging money. Even after my request they refused to treat her,” he said, holding the doctors responsible for the death of his wife.
According to Gulabdas, he later took his wife to atleast three private hospitals in the area but the doctors refused to operate her everywhere.
Finally at Srishti Medical Institute hospital, doctors said that they would operate on the woman next day but she died at around 11:30 on Monday night.
The incident was hightlighted by local media following which the district collector ordered a probe into it.
A three-member team headed by additional collector Heena Netam has been formed to investigate the incident, the collector said.
