Hyderabad, July 20 -- Siddipet MLA and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader T Harish Rao has demanded a detailed inquiry into what he alleged was medical negligence that had caused severe infection in six mothers who had undergone C-section deliveries at the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad on July 10.

Harish Rao, who paid a visit to NIMS and interacted with the patients on Monday, July 20, told media persons that the state government tried to hush up the issue instead of ordering an investigation into the incident.

Women who delivered babies developed fever, diarrhoea: Harish Rao

Harish Rao said that on July 10, C-section was performed on six pregnant women inside an operation theatre at NIMS, soon after which ...