Four months after delivery, 2nd MMCH new mother dies
Nasrin Khatun
, one of the five women who developed severe complications post-C-section delivery at
Midnapore Medical College
in Jan, died late on Sunday. West Midnapore chief medical officer Soumyashankar Sharangi said that Khatun died from
multi-organ failure
while undergoing dialysis.
"This is an extremely tragic incident," he said.While the women's families had claimed expired Ringer's lactate was administered on the new mothers, a probe had pointed at human error, too. Earlier, another of the five affected new mothers, Mamoni Ruidas, had died at MMCH. Nasrin, along with Minara Bibi and Mampi Singh, was shifted to SSKM on Jan 12 and admitted to the critical care unit.
While Minara and Mampi were discharged, Nasrin needed further dialysis and other treatment. She was later sent home but was again admitted to SSKM around 10 days ago, after her health started to fail at home. According to family members, Nasreen was initially admitted to a general bed and was expected to be released on May 10. But her condition deteriorated on May 9, when she started vomiting and experienced seizures. She was pronounced dead on Sunday night.After the MMCH incident in Jan, the Bengal govt had blacklisted Paschim Banga Pharmaceuticals, a supplier of Ringer's lactate to state's Central Medical Store, from where saline bottles were disbursed to govt health facilities. The govt ordered an inquiry into the deaths of the two women, the supply of quality medicine in govt hospitals, and exemplary punishment for those responsible for the deaths.
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