Set up board or committee to probe incident: Chandigarh Police to PGI

A source said, “Efforts are being made to identify the suspect woman by showing her picture to security guards, staff nurses, doctors and others within PGIMER. So far, no one has come forward to claim recognition, prompting a thorough review of former employees’ records at PGI.”

Victim Harmeet Kaur managed to click the picture of suspect woman on her cell phone. The incident happened around 11.30 pm on November 15.

The letter to the PGI Medical Superintendent outlined several key inquiries, including the possibility of any unknown individuals, particularly women or doctors, visiting patients and administering injections in the gynae ward at Nehru Hospital. The police sought information on any observed symptoms or health changes in the victim, preservation and examination of samples, details of any unknown injections administered, and the constitution of a committee of experts to probe the incident and provide an inquiry report promptly.

A police officer said, “We were informed that almost all CCTV cameras installed in Nehru Hospital were damaged in the recent fire accident in a particular block. The investigation is going on. The family background of the victim, Harmeet Kaur, who has an inter-caste marriage, has been thoroughly examined. She delivered a boy in the first week of November and was later rushed to PGI due to serious kidney ailments.”

The case has been registered under Section 308 of the IPC at Sector 11 police station. The police are pursuing leads to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the attempted culpable homicide.

Matter under investigation: PGI

A statement issued by PGI late Sunday night said that the police are investigating the matter and whatever inputs the police sought will be provided. As the matter is still under investigation, it is difficult to say anything conclusive. The patient was referred to the institute after three days of delivery. She had excessive bleeding after delivery and developed infection (puerperal sepsis) and acute kidney failure.

She had received dialysis before the referral to PGI and was referred with acute kidney injury, absent urine output and multiorgan dysfunction.

On arrival, the bleeding was controlled, the patient was shifted to ICU and dialysis was performed. She has been receiving repeated dialysis and is at present on a ventilator and doctors are closely monitoring the patient.