Women die after C-sections at Kota hospital on Friday and Saturday
Two women died after C-sections at a state hospital in Kota, India, The Indian Express and PTI reported. One died on Friday and one on Saturday, and one family says the hospital was negligent. Hospital officials say both women were very sick and that the deaths are not linked to five deaths there in May.
Two women died after Caesarean deliveries at the New Medical College Hospital in Kota, in the Indian state of Rajasthan, The Indian Express and PTI reported. Reshma died on Friday night and Roshan died on Saturday, The Indian Express and PTI reported.
Reshma had a Caesarean delivery on October 14, The Indian Express and PTI reported. It was her fourth, PTI said. After the birth, her blood pressure and oxygen levels fell, and her kidneys made very little urine, The Indian Express reported. Her family says the hospital was negligent, The Indian Express and PTI reported. The family says her condition got worse after she was moved to a general ward and given an injection, The Indian Express reported.
The principal of the medical college said her family took her to another hospital on October 15 against medical advice, The Indian Express reported. Doctors are looking into rare pregnancy problems that affect the blood and liver, the paper reported.
Roshan was moved to the hospital from a private hospital on Friday, The Indian Express and PTI reported. She died after heavy bleeding following her Caesarean delivery, The Indian Express and PTI reported. She was a high-risk patient with severe anemia, the hospital superintendent said, according to PTI. He said her death was not caused by kidney failure, PTI reported. Her family declined an autopsy, PTI reported.
A third woman who had kidney problems after a Caesarean delivery is stable, officials said, according to PTI.
In May, five women died at the same hospital after giving birth, The Indian Express and PTI reported. The principal said the new deaths are not linked to those cases, The Indian Express reported. Rajasthan has reported 15 deaths in government hospitals since May, many after Caesarean deliveries, The Indian Express reported.
What we know: Two women died at the Kota hospital on Friday and Saturday after Caesarean deliveries, and one family says the hospital was negligent.
What we don't: Exactly what caused each death, and whether any inquiry will look at the family's claims.
Where outlets agree The Indian Express and PTI report that two women died after Caesarean deliveries at the Kota hospital on Friday and Saturday and that one family alleges negligence.
Where they differ The Indian Express cites a hospital report saying both women had Caesarean deliveries on October 14, while PTI says Roshan had hers the night before she died on Saturday.