Nearly 50women fell unconscious due to delay in performing double-puncture laproscopy(DPL) at Luxettipet hospital on Friday. As many as 225 women from Dandapally,Jannaram and Luxettipet mandals reached the hospital by 4 am to undergo thefamily planning operation at the free medical camp being organised by the healthdepartment.
However, the doctors could not perform the surgery till 2 pm due topower cut forcing the women to remain empty stomach for many hours and they fainted.
The hospital officials arranged two generators but they did not function due totechnical snag.
Meanwhile, around 30 women, who were administered anaesthesiafor the surgery, regained senses following the delay. Some of these women alsofell unconscious. Irked at the development, relatives of the women, who fellunconscious, staged a dharna at the hospital in protest against the negligenceof the doctors and hospital officials in making arrangements for the camp. Thewomen also complained that adequate number of beds were not provided at thehospital.
Luxettipet hospital incharge Dr N Venkateswar Rao said they performedthe surgeries after 2.30 p.m. The generators did not work due to technicalproblem, he added. On Thursday, more than 200 women underwent DPL atBellampally hospital. They too complained of inadequate number of beds in thehospital.