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| Lady doc under house arrest, FIR registered | | New-born death case | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 31: In the shocking incident of the death of a new-born in the womb of his mother who was left unattended for hours in the Poonch district hospital Saturday, police have put the "absentee" gynaecologist under house arrest and registered an FIR against her.
In the absence of gynaecologist, Dr Shehnaz Bhatti, who had not come to the hospital yesterday, the woman kept crying in the hospital's emergency ward for about nine hours, but no doctor attended her.
Shehnaz Kousar (24) developed labour pain at her residence at Painch in Poonch early Saturday morning. She was admitted to the Poonch district hospital by her husband at about 7 am, but due to the non-availability of the gynaecologist, she kept crying in the emergency ward unattended up to about 4 pm.
Police sources said when the acting hospital superintendent, Dr Vipan operated upon the patient at about 4 pm, it was too late as by that time the baby had already died in the woman's womb.Agitated over the incident, people held a strong demonstration amidst raising of slogans against the hospital authorities. The protest continued today also.
Taking cognizance of the matter, additional deputy commissioner Matloob Khan visited the hospital today.
He told "the Early Times" that the new-born had died due to the negligence of doctors. "In the absence of Dr Shehnaz Bhatti, some other doctor ought to have attended the patient, he added.Sources said police had registered a case against Dr Shehnaz under sections 304-A and 166 of RPC. As she was said to be ill, police kept her under house arrest, the sources added, saying she would be taken into custody as soon as she recovered.
Defending herself, she had yesterday claimed that she did not come to the hospital because she was unwell. She said she had informed Hospital Superintendent, Dr Younas about her illness in advance.
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