HC frowns at surgery by torch at Bhandup maternity home

Noting the lack of basic facilities at a maternity home in Bhandup where a woman and her newborn died due to alleged negligence on the part of the hospital authorities, the Bombay High Court has issued notice to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

- FPJ News Service

The court issued the notice while hearing a petition by the woman's husband, who alleged medical negligence in the deaths of his wife and newborn child. The plea stated that the delivery was carried out with light from mobile phone torches because there was a power failure at the Sushma Swaraj Maternity Home at Bhandup west, at the time.

The court remarked that every civic hospital should have basic facilities. "What are the conditions in civic hospitals? We think basic facilities need to be there in each hospital and the same are mandatory. We issue notice to the corporation," a bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Shyam Chandak observed.