Negligence slur cast over doctor
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, July 15 2014: Levelling serious allegation of negligence, womenfolk of Langol Ningthou Leikai have demanded Dr Nabakishore of RIMS Hospital to compensate the medical expenses of a woman who died last night after a prolonged treatment in Shija Hospitals.

The woman has been identified as Wangkhem Ongbi Eliza w/o Dinachandra of Langol Ningthou Leikai.

Speaking to reporters at Manipur Press Club, Eliza's husband Dinachandra said that his wife was a patient of Dr Nabakishore.

Dinachandra said that the couple consulted the doctor regularly during Eliza's pregnancy and according to the doctor everything was normal.

She was admitted to RIMS Hospital on May 9 and gave birth to a baby boy through caesarean section the next day, he added.

He said that one Dr Trinity carried out the caesarean section operation although the couple had been told by Dr Nabakishore that Eliza would experience normal child delivery.

Even as the baby was referred to a private hospital due to developing some complicacy, Eliza's condition was also becoming deteriorated.

Upon enquiring about the condition of Eliza, attending doctors asked Dinachandra to sign on a paper informing him that his wife might experience kidney failure.

After concealing Eliza's medical status for many days, attending doctors told Dinachandra that both the kidneys of Eliza were not functioning.

After many days of request to RIMS doctors, Eliza was at last referred to Shija Hospitals on May 29 .

However, Eliza died at around 11 last night after a prolonged treatment at the hospital.

Regarding the case, womenfolk of Langol Ningthou Leikai, said that Eliza expired due to the negligence of Dr Nabakishore.

They questioned why she developed kidney failure although Dr nabakishore had earlier told the couple that everything was normal.

Saying that Shija Hospitals has refused to hand over Eliza's body to her family as a medical expense of Rs 10 lakh is yet to be cleared, they said that the said amount must be incurred by Dr Nabakishore Womenfolk also demanded the Government to take action against Dr Nabakishore and Dr Trinity in this connection.

They also threatened to launch agitations including bandh and blockade if the said demand is not fulfilled.

Eliza's baby has been kept at Adoption Centre, Thangmeiband.

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