Karachi : Inexperienced staff in case of gross medical negligence a rural health center In Pakistan‘s Sindh The province beheaded an unborn child in the mother’s womb during delivery, threatening the life of a 32-year-old Hindu woman.
The tragedy prompted the Sindh government to set up a medical inquiry board to investigate the incident and trace the culprits.
“Bhil Hindu woman who belongs to a remote village” Tharparkar Districthad previously gone to the rural health center (RHC) in her area, but with no female gynecologist available, inexperienced staff hurt her a lot,” said the professor Raheel Sikanderwho heads the gynecology unit of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) jamshoro,
He said that in Sunday’s surgery, the RHC staff cut off the head of the newborn in the mother’s womb and left it inside.
When the woman faced a life-threatening condition, she was taken to the nearest hospital in Mithi, where there was no facility for her treatment. Eventually, her family brought her to LUMHS, where the rest of the newborn’s body was removed from the mother’s womb, saving her life, they said.
Sikandari He said that the baby’s head was stuck inside and the mother’s uterus had ruptured and they had to open her abdomen and take out the head to save her life.
This horrific mistake prompted the Director General of Sindh Health Services, Dr Juman Bahoto, to order a separate inquiry into the matter.
He said inquiry committees would find out what happened, especially the absence of gynecologist and female staff at RHC in Chacharo.
The inquiry committees will also look into reports that the woman had to go through the trauma of taking a video of her lying on a stretcher.
“Apparently, some staff members took pictures of her on a mobile phone in the gynecology ward and shared those pictures with various WhatsApp groups,” Juman said.
The tragedy prompted the Sindh government to set up a medical inquiry board to investigate the incident and trace the culprits.
“Bhil Hindu woman who belongs to a remote village” Tharparkar Districthad previously gone to the rural health center (RHC) in her area, but with no female gynecologist available, inexperienced staff hurt her a lot,” said the professor Raheel Sikanderwho heads the gynecology unit of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) jamshoro,
He said that in Sunday’s surgery, the RHC staff cut off the head of the newborn in the mother’s womb and left it inside.
When the woman faced a life-threatening condition, she was taken to the nearest hospital in Mithi, where there was no facility for her treatment. Eventually, her family brought her to LUMHS, where the rest of the newborn’s body was removed from the mother’s womb, saving her life, they said.
Sikandari He said that the baby’s head was stuck inside and the mother’s uterus had ruptured and they had to open her abdomen and take out the head to save her life.
This horrific mistake prompted the Director General of Sindh Health Services, Dr Juman Bahoto, to order a separate inquiry into the matter.
He said inquiry committees would find out what happened, especially the absence of gynecologist and female staff at RHC in Chacharo.
The inquiry committees will also look into reports that the woman had to go through the trauma of taking a video of her lying on a stretcher.
“Apparently, some staff members took pictures of her on a mobile phone in the gynecology ward and shared those pictures with various WhatsApp groups,” Juman said.