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Eight months pregnancy terminated due to mistaken identity Costly Miss! 7/26/2014 11:26:37 PM 2 employees of nursing home arrested Early Times Report Jammu, July 26: Pregnancy of an eight month pregnant woman was terminated at a city nursing home in a case of mistaken identity and two staffers of the nursing home were taken into custody for alleged medical negligence. According to reports, the pregnant lady was under treatment of noted gynecologist Dr Indu Khoda, who recommended certain medication to her following her complaint of abdomen pain. Conceding to the prescription, the lady and her husband went to the private hospital where she was given wrong treatment, resulting in the termination of her eight month pregnancy. "A lady namely Stuti Sharma, wife of Rakesh Sharma, resident of tehsil Nowshera, district Rajouri this morning had gone to a private hospital running in the name and style of JK Medicity, in Channi Himmat area for medical check- up," DySP Rafiq Manhas, Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Jammu East said. Manhas told that the lady was eight months pregnant and added, "she was administered wrong treatment in place of another patient and later her pregnancy was aborted." "There were two cases of pregnancy and the woman, who had to be aborted was left unchecked by the doctors instead the victim was administered wrong treatment and later aborted," he said. He added that the infant died in the womb. "It was a case of negligence. We have registered the case under FIR number 66/2014 under sections 304-A and 313 of RPC," Manhas said. He added that two of the para-medicos have been taken into the custody. They have been identified as Amarjeet Singh and Multi Purpose Health Worker namely Roma Devi.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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