CHENNAI: A police complaint has been lodged against a private fertility centre at Adyar on charges of medical negligence after doctors at the hospital allegedly cut the urinary bladder tube of a 32-year-old woman during emergency caesarian section.
The couple who were married for a decade was on fertility treatment for a year before the woman conceived in January. In June, after a scan, doctors told her that the uterus mouth was opened and advised complete bed rest. She was admitted weeks early to avoid preterm delivery.
In July, the woman developed severe pain late in the day, and doctors planned a C section. Finally, at 3.30 am, the woman delivered a girl child. “But the child was in a serious condition, so they shifted her to another private hospital in Porur. But she died,” said the child’s father, K Suryanarayanan.
Later, the woman had to undergo a major surgery to fix the urinary bladder, which was performed by a urologist from another hospital, he added.
“They put urinary bags and said it requires regular cleaning. The hospital didn’t have any specialist to handle such emergencies, but still retained the patient there,” the husband alleged adding that she has now been shifted to another private hospital.
Suryanarayanan filed a complaint with Adyar police station against the hospital.Speaking to Express, S Chandralekha, founder of the Ishwarya Women’s Hospital and Fertility Centre said the patient was diagnosed with endometriosis, a disorder in which tissue that normally lines the uterus grows outside. This is one of the major cause of infertility.
“We decided to perform caesarian to save the preterm baby and was done by obstetricians of over 20 years experience. After section, during the careful examination, a gap was noticed in the urinary bladder. Then immediately a urologist was called in, and it was rectified immediately,” she said.
Another senior gynaecologist said in endometriosis, the urinary bladder sometimes sits on the surface of the uterus.
“So the doctors inadvertently cut the bladder. The problem is when doctors fail to notice and repair it immediately,” the doctor explained.