Hyderabad, June 19 -- Taking a serious note of the death of a 20-year-old pregnant woman at the Gundala Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Bhadradri Kothagudem district, Telangana government on Friday, June 19, suspended the in-charge medical officer and initiated action against three others.

According to a release, the woman, identified as Kunja Vanaja, from Shambhunigudem village, had undergone regular prenatal check-ups at the PHC. On June 13, she arrived in a "critical condition" and delivered a stillborn baby.

She then suffered severe haemorrhaging and after receiving initial treatment, she was shifted to the Yellandu Community Health Centre and later to the Khammam Government General Hospital.

Despite the medical team's best efforts ...