Family Claims Medical NegligenceJaipur/Jhunjhunu: A 25-year-old woman died after her condition deteriorated following a caesarean delivery at the govt Maternal and Child Hospital in Neem Ka Thana, triggering protests by family members and villagers alleging medical negligence.Anjali Saini, wife of Rajkumar Saini and a resident of Khadra village, was admitted to the hospital on July 12. Her first child, a healthy baby girl, was delivered through caesarean section on July 14. Family members alleged that Anjali suffered continuous bleeding after the operation at the govt hospital and that doctors failed to provide timely and proper treatment.As her condition worsened, allegedly due to postpartum haemorrhage, doctors referred her to Jaipur’s SMS Hospital. However, the family took her to Barala Hospital, a private facility in Chomu en route to Jaipur, where she died during treatment on the Wednesday-Thursday intervening night.Following her death, relatives and villagers gathered outside the MCH hospital and staged a sit-in Thursday, demanding strict action against govt doctors and staff and a high-level inquiry into the case. Comrade Gopal Saini said the agitation would continue until action was taken. Police and administrative officials reached the spot and tried to pacify the protesters. The dharna later ended after assurances of compensation and action against those found responsible.Neem Ka Thana District Hospital’s Chief Medical Officer Dr Kamal Singh Shekhawat, divulging details of the factual report prepared in the case, said Anjali was admitted at 3.30pm on July 12 under gynaecologist Dr Guman Singh Yadav. She was found to be anaemic, with haemoglobin at 9 g/dL, and was given one unit of O-negative blood the same evening.According to the hospital’s report, she was shifted to the operation theatre at 1pm on July 14, gave birth to a baby at 1.37pm, and was moved to the postoperative ward at 2pm with stable vitals. Around 3.30pm, she complained of bleeding, after which senior gynaecologist Dr Hemant Kataria and Dr Yadav began treatment for postpartum haemorrhage. She was referred to a higher centre at 5pm. Dr Kataria said doctors attempted to control the bleeding but referred the patient after her condition became serious.
