B N Singh Pappan
Saharsa : Rajlaxmi Devi, wife of Sunil Kumar Yadav of village Laxminia under Bihra police station in Saharsa district, lost her child died on May 7, 2017, during delivery process at Saharsa Sadar hospital allegedly due to negligence of the Nurse and Midwife concerned.
Sunil alleged that the Nurse had Midwife had taken Rs 5,000 from him on May 6 for the delivery but when the half part of the body of the child was yet to come out the two left to attend another delivery case. When the two returned to take care of Rajlaxmi, Sunil alleged, the nurse touched the head of the baby with scalpel causing major injury to him leading to his death. Rajlaxmi, who got married four years back, was admitted to the hospital four days back for the delivery of her first child. No doctor, Sunil claimed, attended his wife during the last two days. The nurse was prescribing medicine to Rajlaxmi, he alleged.
When Sunil and his relatives strongly protested the death of the child, Civil Surgeon Dr Ashok Kumar Singh reached there pacified them promising action against the said Nurse and Midwife. Sunil lodged a written complaint in this regard with Deputy Superintendent of the hospital demanding action against Nurse and Midwife.