In shocking incidents, in just one week five women died while delivering their babies at Niloufer Hospital, which has taken place due to medical negligence.

All the women who underwent C-section surgeries suffered severe bleeding in some cases. The deaths occurred between January 28 and February 4 this year.

Health Minister Dr Laxma Reddy's ordered the director of medical education, Dr M Ramani and also went to the hospital to take stock of the situation.

She said that "a three-member team consisting of Dr Deep Raj Singh, Dr Rani and Dr Pratibha would look into all the issues that might have caused infection, such as quality of the drugs, checking of blood samples, hygiene in the operation theatre etc. The family members of the women, who held a protest near the hospital, alleged that they had to buy blood from outside after doctors at Niloufer told them to do so as some of the women were anaemic."

When asked about this, DME Ramani said that "blood is available at the hospital, but she will look into the allegations made by the concerned families."

"At the same hospital, a piece of cotton was left inside a mother's body last year after she underwent a C-section. Her health deteriorated rapidly and she was rushed to Osmania Hospital, where scans revealed the negligence of the Niloufer hospital doctors", according to sources. Fortunately, the patient survived in this instance.

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BY M. DIVYA SRI