AGRA: A 24-year-old pregnant woman succumbed during treatment at an "unauthorised" nursing home in Kailashganj locality under the Kotwali Nagar police limits of Etah district on Tuesday. The chief medical officer (CMO) has ordered a probe. Police have registered an FIR after a complaint from the patient's husband.
Her family alleged that she was not given proper treatment at the district women’s hospital where she was brought on Monday evening.
Sachin Gupta, the woman's husband, said, “My wife Puja Gupta was pregnant and had labour pain on Monday. We took her to the district women’s hospital. No doctor came to see her."
He added, "We later took her to a nearby private hospital. Here, my wife delivered a baby girl. Staffers handed us the baby, but didn’t allow us to meet the mother. We were told that she was critical and required an emergency surgery. She died on Tuesday. The newborn baby is also serious. We've admitted her to another hospital.”
According to sources, the "unauthorised centre" was issued a notice by the health department last year. But, no follow up action was taken.
On Wednesday, CMO of Etah Umesh Tripathi said, “A probe has been ordered. The private nursing home was operating in a residential area. Primary investigation revealed that the nursing home was not registered with the health department. It has been sealed.”
SHO of Kotwali Nagar DN Mishra said, “The body has been sent for postmortem. No doctor or paramedic was found at the centre. An FIR has been registered against Anu Upadhyaya who was running the centre under IPC section 304A (causing death by negligence). The accused is still at large.”
The state government had recently ordered the health department to take strict action against all such "medical centres".
