Woman dies before child birth in RIMS
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 14 2013 :
A woman who was brought to RIMS for delivery case of her first child died after the doctors administered anaesthesia just before conducting caesarean operation.
Charging the doctors with negligence, infuriated patient parties resorted to destruction of the Gyne OPD of the medical institute.
The deceased woman has been identified as one Aheibam ongbi Bijeta (25), w/o A Sanatomba of Lamshang bazaar.
The incident occurred at around 11:30 pm yesterday.
According to family members, the patient was taken into the observation room and was administered anaesthesia for conducting caesarean operation delivery to deliver the child.
But all of a sudden, the women lost consciousness and rushed to the ICU.
Minutes later, she was declared death by the doctors.
Charging the attending doctors with negligence, the family members and other local people started breaking the doors and windows of Gyne OPD but were controlled by the police.
A sit in protest demonstration was also staged at Lamshang bazaar over the death and roads were blocked today.