3 doctors booked as pregnant woman dies at UP hospital; CMO recommends sealing facility

Bahraich: A pregnant woman died at an unregistered private hospital in this district after undergoing surgery, leading the police to book three doctors on charges of "negligence" and the administration to recommend sealing the facility.

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Sanjay Sharma told PTI on Saturday that the unregistered medical facility named Nandini Hospital was being operated at Shahpur Jot under the Kotwali Dehat police station area.

"In his complaint to the CMO office, Suraj Tiwari, a resident of Shravasti district, said that he had got his pregnant sister Manna Devi admitted to the hospital on March 29 and she underwent surgery. However, she died the next day, allegedly due to the negligence of doctors," the CMO said.

The hospital's operator Dr D K Vishwakarma was issued a notice while doctors of the hospital were summoned along with hospital records.

Since the local administration did not receive any response, a team of the state health department conducted a surprise inspection of the hospital on April 3. Upon seeing government vehicles reach the hospital, its operator locked the doors and fled, officials said.

Police sources said that on the complaint of the family members of the deceased, a case was registered on April 8 against Dr Vishwakarma, Dr R K Singh and Dr Preeti Sharma under BNS section 106 (1) (causing death by negligence).

"A recommendation has been made to seal the nursing home. There is a residential complex within the nursing home, so it is not possible to seal it without meeting the operator.

"The nursing home is closed now and a notice has been sent to its operator Dr Vishwakarma not to operate the hospital without departmental permission," the CMO said.