ADILABAD: A 31-year-old woman, pregnant with twins, died while undergoing treatment at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Adilabad on Saturday, following which her relatives alleged negligence. The incident comes a month after five infants died in a fire in the hospital’s Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU).
The deceased, Borkare Sunitha, was admitted to the gynaecology ward on October 21, when she was 33 weeks pregnant with dichorionic diamniotic twins. According to officials, she had swelling in her palms and was being monitored by doctors and hospital staff.
The medical team conducted tests and provided treatment based on her condition. However, on Saturday morning, Sunitha reportedly experienced breathing difficulties and lost consciousness. Doctors administered emergency treatment, including oxygen and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), but could not save her. She died around 6.30 am.
Doctors said she had suffered a pulmonary embolism, a condition in which a blood clot blocks blood flow, affecting her heart and blood vessels.
Sunitha’s husband, Rajkumar, other family members and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leaders alleged medical negligence. They claimed that she had been admitted with symptoms requiring treatment but had not received adequate care. They questioned how a patient could die at a hospital equipped with the necessary facilities after being admitted on October 21.
Speaking to TNIE, RIMS Director Dr Jai Singh Rathod said a three-member committee had been appointed to determine the cause of death. Action would be taken against doctors or other personnel found negligent after the committee submitted its report, he said.
The director added that Sunitha had been admitted at seven months’ pregnancy without labour pains.
Adilabad Two Town police said the woman’s family had lodged a complaint and that a case had been registered for investigation. Sunitha was a native of Old Utnoor. She is survived by her husband and a daughter.
