’Doctors pushed my wife into coma’

Husband alleges medicos wrongly administered two doses of anaesthesia to his wife after the birth of their child, files FIR against them

'Doctors pushed my wife into coma'

Husband alleges medicos wrongly administered two doses of anaesthesia to his wife after the birth of their child, files FIR against them

Prashant Yadavrao Kukade (36) filed an FIR at the Chaturshrungi police station against three doctors, two medical assistants, two nurses, and a maid of the Jeevandeep Medicare Hospital, at Sus Road in Pashan.
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Kukade says that his wife Roopali slipped into coma since the medical team administered anaesthesia to her on August 8 last year when she delivered their child.

"The doctors gave two anaesthesia doses to my wife. The first was a routine spinal anaesthesia before the delivery.

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She was screaming in the operation theatre after the delivery, and then, a few moments later, she became quiet.

Two hours later, my mother tried waking her up, and discovered that she was not conscious. It's been eight months since then, and she is still in coma," said Kukade.

Dr Anirudh Joglekar, a well known anaesthetist, told MiD DAY that spinal anaesthesia only numbs the lower part of the body but the danger of a person slipping into coma like Roopali did under the influence of a general anesthesia was considerably higher.

"With the advances in medicine, the chances of a person getting comatose under anaesthesia are close to nil. It did happen when chloroform and ether were used as anaesthetics," said Dr Joglekar.

Investigating officer S U Patil, police inspector, Chaturshrungi police station, confirmed that the mentioned medical team has been booked under Section 338 of the IPC.

Advocate Prashant Patil, who is representing the medical team, told MiD DAY that would challenge the J J Hospital Committee report, on the basis of which the FIR was filed.

"How a patient reacts to a medicine is beyond the control of the doctors. It depends on the medical history of the patient," Patil said.

Named in FIR
Gynaecologist Deeplakshmi Ragade
Anaesthetist
Dr R P Daga
Surgeon
Dr Tushar Kotbagi

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