Woman seeks Rs 10 lakh relief for loss of child, uterus

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsA woman from Chettapattu village in Villupuram district has moved the Madras High Court for a direction to the State government to pay a compensation of `10 lakh for the loss of her second child and uterus due to the negligence of government doctors.When the writ petition from S Mary (39), wife of Subramani, came up before Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar, Additional Government Pleader P SanjayGandhi took notice, on Thursday.According to the petitioner, the mother of a girl child, after the completion of the second time pregnancy in June last year, she developed labour pain and her husband took her to the Government Hospital in Kallakurichi on June 16. The doctors at the hospital advised her husband to take her to the government hospital in Salem or Puducherry. On the way to Puducherry, as Mary suffered severe pain, the husband approached the Govt hospital in Mundiyambakkam. They in turn, advised him to take his wife to the JIPMER.The woman was admitted about noon in JIPMER. The doctors in JIPMER decided to perform caesarean operation, at 3 am the following day. However, due to the negligence, the woman was taken to some other ward where she gave birth to a stillborn male child without any medical help. In the course of treatment, her uterus was also removed. Her husband was having a spinal cord problem and he was not working.She was a construction worker and lost her occupation due to the medical problem. Hence, she prayed the government to pay a compensation of `10 lakh for the negligence of the government doctors and the staff.first published:September 21, 2012, 09:16 ISTlast updated:September 21, 2012, 09:16 IST
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A woman from Chettapattu village in Villupuram district has moved the Madras High Court for a direction to the State government to pay a compensation of `10 lakh for the loss of her second child and uterus due to the negligence of government doctors.

When the writ petition from S Mary (39), wife of Subramani, came up before Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar, Additional Government Pleader P SanjayGandhi took notice, on Thursday.

According to the petitioner, the mother of a girl child, after the completion of the second time pregnancy in June last year, she developed labour pain and her husband took her to the Government Hospital in Kallakurichi on June 16. The doctors at the hospital advised her husband to take her to the government hospital in Salem or Puducherry. On the way to Puducherry, as Mary suffered severe pain, the husband approached the Govt hospital in Mundiyambakkam. They in turn, advised him to take his wife to the JIPMER.

The woman was admitted about noon in JIPMER. The doctors in JIPMER decided to perform caesarean operation, at 3 am the following day. However, due to the negligence, the woman was taken to some other ward where she gave birth to a stillborn male child without any medical help. In the course of treatment, her uterus was also removed. Her husband was having a spinal cord problem and he was not working.

She was a construction worker and lost her occupation due to the medical problem. Hence, she prayed the government to pay a compensation of `10 lakh for the negligence of the government doctors and the staff.