Mumbai: 26-year-old woman, her new born baby dies at Bhandup hospital, ex-corporator demands strict action

Ex-corporator Jagruti Patil and the woman`s family members have demanded strict action in the matter. Pic/Rajesh Gupta

A 26-year-old woman and her new born baby boy allegedly died due to the lack of basic facilities at a maternity home in Bhandup area of Mumbai.

The family of the woman and a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ex-corporator, Jagruti Patil has raised the issue claiming there was no light at the medical facility that led to the deaths. The delivery was done with the help of a torch, the family of the deceased woman claimed.

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Jagruti Patil has given an complaint to the Bhandup Police Station and local Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) health department to take strict action against the authorities for alleged negligence.

She claimed this may be the fourth incident at the hospital and strict action must be taken by the officials, she said.

Meanwhile, a viral video of the maternity home in Bhandup with no lights has raised questions about the lack of facilities.

"The unfortunate incident took place at the Sushma Swaraj Maternity Hospital of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in Hanuman Nagar, Bhandup west division at Monday night due to negligence of Municipal Corporation doctors and the death of a woman and a baby was cause. It was around 12:30 am, when I received the call informing about the incident. The baby boy who was weighing around 3.75 kg was reported dead. When I reached the hospital, the woman had been shifted to Sion hospital. The family received a call at 1 am informing that the woman is dead," Patil said.

The woman, S. Ansari had delivered a baby boy for the first time.

"The family claims they did the operation on torch. It was horribly. The family claims the woman had heavy bleeding that lead to her death. If there was no light they would have shifted her to Sion hospital or suggested the family to take her to a private hospital rather than taking the risk that led to her death. The senior officials of Bhandup Police Station were also called to the hospital for inquiry at night. The newborn baby and his mother lost their lives due to doctors' negligence, and we are demanding immediate action against the doctors," added Patil.

Patil further claimed that earlier too a nurse was booked for putting cello tape on kids mouth as he was crying a lot.

"A case was registered after two years in the matter. The concerned dean and doctors are responsible for the same and immediate action is needed," she said while stating that she met the health department of BMC and filed a complaint about the same demanding strict action against the concerened in the matter.

Meanwhile, the family members have claimed that the deceased woman was completely fine for past nine months and questioned what led to her sudden death.

"She was normal for nine months with no health issues, then how come she was declared dead all of a sudden and especially on the same night when she was brought to the hospital. If such are the facilities what is the use of the government hospitals in city," said the brother of the deceased woman.

When contacted Dattaray Khandagale, senior police inspector of Bhandup police station, he was unavailable for comment.