Pregnant woman dies in hospital, relatives cry negligence

Relatives of a patient, who died today in the labour room of Malda medical college and hospital here, cried of negligence and protested against alleged failure of the hospital staff and doctors.
The relatives of Saira Bibi (40), a resident of Kalichak in the district, said she was pregnant and was admitted to the hospital this morning for delivery.
No doctors attended her all through the day and in the evening when she complained of labour pain, she was taken to the labour room but no one paid attention to her condition, alleged Nasima Bibi, Saira's aunt.
Crying negligence on the part of the hospital, Nasima said Saira fell down from a table in the labour room and died.

"We have lodged a complaint with the hospital authorities and will also file an FIR with the Englishbazar police station," she said.
Dr M A Rashid, medical superintendent and vice-principal of the medical college said he has been informed about the incident and added that the patient had come in to deliver her fourth child and had suffered a cardiac arrest and died.