Maternal care crisis at Kota medical college: 2 more women develop kidney issues, moved to private hospital

“According to the doctors, she needed stitches in her uterus. On May 6, she received stitches, after which we got her home in the evening. On the morning of May 7, she complained of anxiety and chest pain, and she started bleeding… We called the doctor, who said she is fine, and that this happens sometimes. But her condition worsened, so we took her to the hospital, where she was admitted, but by evening, her urine stopped, and the body started swelling up.” Said Azaz.

That evening, doctors at the Kota government hospital asked the patient’s relatives to move her to a private hospital. “They told us that there is an infection in her body, and the medicines at the hospital are not working. We are not very educated. One of my cousins consulted a doctor at a private hospital in Kota, and we went to meet him. Within 20 minutes, I got a call from my family members from the government hospital that doctors suddenly moved her to an ambulance and asked the husband to move her to a private clinic. All because they wanted to hide our daughter’s condition from the media. At present, she is on ventilator support at a private hospital in Kota and her dialysis is ongoing,” said Azaz.

Another woman, who delivered her baby at the government hospital, has also been moved to a private hospital and is currently on ventilator support.

The Kota government hospital has come under the spotlight this week after six women who underwent C-section deliveries on Monday developed serious complications, leading to the death of two of them.