Six years after a bungled caesarian procedure left a woman and her newborn baby dead, two doctors, then attached to Rajawadi Hospital, have been booked for causing death by negligence. Two panels of experts blamed the two resident medical officers for lapses during the C-section. No arrests have been made yet, said officers from the Tilak Nagar police station. In September 2016, Nashik resident Sohrab Ansari had taken his pregnant wife Rukhsana Khatoon to the civic-run hospital at Ghatkopar for treatment. She would regularly visit the hospital for follow-ups.

On the morning of September 20, Rukhsana went into labour, prompting Ansari to rush her to the hospital. Around 6.45 pm, Ansari was informed that his wife needed surgery and the hospital took his consent for it. Around 11 pm, he was told that the baby, a boy, was dead and they were trying to save his wife. “I was asked to bring 8 units of blood. The doctors said my wife’s condition was critical. The next day at 6 am, they asked me to bring 8 more units saying my wife was sinking,” said Ansari.