Women Action for Development (WAD) has brought yet another slur on RIMS
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, June 06, 2014: Women Action for Development (WAD) has brought yet another instance of alleged negligence of RIMS staff in a child delivery case to light.

However, in the latest case, both the baby and mother are still alive though in critically frail condition.

In a press conference organised by WAD at Manipur Press Club, the victim's husband Wangkhem Dinachandra said that his wife Wangkhem Ongbi Eliza (31) was admitted at RIMS Hospital for child delivery on May 9. He said that they consulted a specialist three times during pregnancy.

Although doctors told the couple that normal child delivery was likely, Eliza gave birth to a baby boy through Caesarean Section on May 10. As doctors informed about some complications, the baby was referred to a private hospital at Sagolband and treated there for eight days in ICU.

On the otherhand, after two days of her child birth, Eliza's health became deteriorated as she could not pass urine apart from suffering from jaundice and fever.

Dinachandra said that attending doctor told him later that Eliza was suffering from kidney failure and as such she needed dialysis.

Dinachandra said that RIMS staff also tried to take his signature on different papers and refused to provide the documents related to Eliza's treatment.

Saying that Eliza underwent dialysis five times during her stay at RIMS Hospital from May 10 to 27, Dinachandra said that his wife was at last referred to Shija Hospitals after much request on May 27. WAD Secretary Sobita Mangsatabam said that the organisation decided to support the patient's party after ELiza's younger sister informed about the deteriorated health condition of her sister to the organisation.

First complaint regarding the incident was filed at Lamphel Police Station by WAD on May 18. When WAD volunteers visited Eliza on May 26, Sobita said, she asked them to help her shift to Shija Hospitals through writing as she could speak.

After submitting another written complaint to Lamphel Police Station on May 27, Eliza was shifted to Shija Hospitals, where doctors told the patient's party that Eliza was not suffering from kidney failure but infection, Sobita said.

After getting treatment at Shija Hospitals, Eliza is now showing 10 per cent improvement though her condition is still critical, Sobita said.

Alleging that RIMS Hospital is no more safe for patients, Sobita demanded that the incident be investigated by police and authority concerned.

She also demanded that action be taken against the concerned staff if there were any negligence on the part of RIMS staff.

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