Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (SP)

Bantwal, Dec 2: The family of a woman, who breathed her last on Tuesday December 1, has filed a complaint, accusing a lady doctor from B C Road, who was earlier treating her, of negligence.

The deceased has been identified as Celestine Lavina Menezes, wife of Navin Menezes from Narikombu village in the taluk.

After conceiving, the woman reportedly consulted the lady doctor in question, regularly. On November 16, she had got admitted into a private hospital here, as per the doctor’s recommendations. The family says that when the woman in questioned had complained of acute labour pain, the doctor had not attached much importance to it. At last, caesarian section was performed on November 17, giving birth to a male baby.

Allegedly, the woman had suffered heavy bleeding, deteriorating her condition, but the doctor had failed to apprise the family of the seriousness of her health condition. She had been rushed to a private hospital in Mangalore on November 17 thereafter.