Mother dies after caesarean

A woman died on Sunday at a private hospital here, hours after a caesarean, due to negligence allegedly by the hospital authorities while foetus was found dead in her womb.

Victim Sreemati Putul Rani, 30, wife of Shiben Haldar, was resident of Jhajjar village in the upazila.

Meanwhile, police raided the hospital on Sunday night and arrested clinic manager Aminur Islam and staff Yousuf Ali in connection with the incident.

Earlier on the same night, deceased's husband Shiben Haldar filed a case with Sherpur Police Station accusing four people, including hospital owner Dr Akhtarul Alam Azad and Gynaecologist Surgeon Dr Lutfun Nesa.

Deceased's family members said, Putul Rani was admitted to Pulse General Hospital, located beside Dhaka-Bogra highway, with severe labour pain around 2:00am.

There was no doctor at that time at the hospital but the manager admitted the patient, ignoring importance of the case, they said.

Unattended for hours, finally Dr Lutfun Nesa, a hired doctor, visited the patient around 8:30am and conducted a caesarean operation but failed to save the foetus, victim's husband Shiben said.

As the patient's condition was deteriorating quickly the clinic authorities sent her to Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital by a hired microbus, where the doctors declared her dead around 3:00pm, he said.

Police are conducting drives to arrest the other accused in the case, Officer-in-Charge of Sherpur Police Station Rafiqul Islam said, adding that they will take necessary steps in this regard after investigation.