Pregnant woman dies after injection
Navi Mumbai, July 3 -- A 23-year-old pregnant woman died along with her unborn child while another expectant mother remains critical after the two developed complications following injections administered at the Rajmata Jijau Municipal Hospital in Airoli.
The deceased, Sonam Karan Dongre, and Richa Mishra received an initial dose of medication via injection at the civic hospital on June 30, and developed complications within minutes of receiving a second dose on July 1, said municipal commissioner Kailas Shinde. "Doctors attempted resuscitation and shifted them to the ICU. Unfortunately, one patient (Dongre) died, while the other (Sharma) is undergoing treatment at Fortis Hospital and is showing signs of improvement," Shinde said.
The incident has triggered allegations of medical negligence, protests - including by family members of the deceased woman, and a high-level inquiry by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC). Dr Bhavana Pagare, who works at the civic hospital, has been suspended for alleged lapses in discharge of duties, said Shinde.
The deceased's husband Karan Dongre said the couple visited the hospital on June 30 for a routine antenatal check-up, as his wife was eight-months pregnant. "We admitted her to the hospital as per doctors' advice. But on July 1, between noon and 1 pm, she was administered an injection. She fell unconscious immediately after that," Dongre alleged.
"We kept requesting doctors to tell us her exact condition or allow us to shift her elsewhere, but they neither gave us clear information nor permitted us to do so for nearly three hours," he told HT. Sonam Dongre was later shifted to the NMMC Public Hospital in Vashi, where she was declared dead within an hour of arrival. The body was sent to the JJ Hospital for post-mortem. The family has sought registration of a double-murder case against the doctors concerned....
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