Karnataka Well being Minister Ok Sudhakar has ordered an inquiry into the dying of a pregnant lady from Tamil Nadu after she was denied admission to the Tumakuru district hospital allegedly for lack of papers.
“After visiting the hospital final evening and having taken inventory of the stunning occasion, I’ve ordered a probe and stern motion on this matter. Prima facie, three nurses in command of the maternity ward and an on-duty physician are discovered negligent. I’ve ordered their quick suspension together with additional investigation into it,” he mentioned Friday.
“I’ve ordered a three-member committee, to be headed by the well being division commissioner, to conduct an inquiry and submit the findings in two weeks.”
The girl developed labour ache on Wednesday and was taken to the hospital, the place she was requested to supply a Thayi card (issued to pregnant ladies in Karnataka) and the hospital’s OPD card. As she couldn’t produce any of those paperwork, the girl was denied remedy. She died alongside along with her twin infants whereas delivering them at house Thursday.
The minister mentioned hospital employees and medical doctors ought to by no means insist on sufferers’ paperwork in important conditions. “Again and again, the state authorities has made it clear by means of a number of orders,” he mentioned.
The Minister mentioned that police had been making an attempt to get involved with the girl’s household for the previous 36 hours. “Regardless of which state the girl belongs to, she ought to have been handled on the hospital on humanitarian grounds. This incident has certainly created a distrust in all the public well being system,” he mentioned.
The minister mentioned that if discovered responsible, the suspended physician and nurses could be dismissed and that authorized motion could be initiated towards them.
“I urge medical doctors and hospital employees to take applicable measures to ensure that such incidents by no means repeat in future,” he mentioned.