Assam, Sept. 9 -- The District Commissioner of Assam's Morigaon district has served a show-cause notice to a senior physician for performing 21 C-section (cesarean) operations within 10 hours, raising concerns over the health and safety of mothers and newborns.

The notice, signed by Additional District Commissioner (Health) Nitisha Bora, was served on September 6 to senior gynaecologist Dr. Kantheswar Bordoloi, who also serves as senior medical and health officer at Morigaon Civil Hospital.

According to the notice, Dr. Bordoloi performed 21 emergency lower segment caesarean section (LSCS) deliveries within just 10 hours, between 3:40 pm on September 5 and 1:50 am on September 6, at the hospital's major operating theatre.

The doctor has...