HYDERABAD: For 21-year-old Nusrath Begum, it was the second delivery. While happiness from the first delivery did not last long as her son died soon after birth, her second delivery has left the newborn orphan.
Nusrath was not living with her husband since the past few months, and now the upbringing of the newborn is the responsibility of the grandmother.
Alleging botch up in the Caesarian surgery, the bereaved family members have demanded justice and a mechanism to ensure the future of the child in the absence of parents.
Nusrath’s mother SK Usufbee and her other daughters, along with family members, staged a protest on the hospital premises on Monday morning.
The kin stayed put nearby the hospital till evening. They said Nusrath was brought to the hospital on January 31, she delivered a baby boy on February 1, and died on the next day.
“After the surgery, she was bleeding heavily. She was administered 16 units of blood. Doctors made us sign papers for a second surgery to correct the bleeding. They said the surgery was successful and took her to Osmania General Hospital (OGH) with an oxygen mask. After five minutes of reaching OGH, they said she is dead,” Usufbee said.
The deceased woman’s sister Aimithbee alleged that doctors at OGH threatened to file a case on them if they took the body for post-mortem and therefore the family members backed out from autopsy.