A woman in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir had to deliver her child in the premises of a district hospital on Saturday, after doct...
A woman in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir had to deliver her child in the premises of a district hospital on Saturday, after doctors allegedly refused to attend to her because she tested positive for the coronavirus, the Greater Kashmir reported.
Deputy Commissioner Bandipora Owais Ahmed issued a show-cause notice to medical superintendent and medical officer of District Hospital Bandipora who were on duty at the time of the incident. He also constituted a committee of officers to investigate the matter and submit a report within a week’s time.
The woman, a resident of Vewan – a remotest village of Bandipora district – was shifted to the district hospital after she developed labor pain on Saturday morning. However, when she tested positive for the virus, the doctors refused to treat her and told the family to take her to a designated Covid facility in Hajin, nearly 30 km from Bandipora.
By this time, the woman had developed intense pain and ended up delivering near the gate of the hospital, according to News18. The family alleged no doctor came out to see her even at this point. Abdul Aziz Bhat, the woman’s husband, said the doctors refused to admit her despite her “condition being evident to everyone”.
Hospital authorities denied the allegations.
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