Woman loses child after painfully waiting for four hours in hospital

Team Udayavani, May 29, 2019, 6:13 PM IST

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Kolar: In a shocking incident, a pregnant woman was made to wait for hours and was not admitted to a hospital even as she writhed in labour pain at the KGF Government Hospital in Kolar and the video of the same has gone viral.

In the video, the woman is seen lying on the hospital floor and tossing around in pain. Even after she was made to wait for hours, she was neither attended to by any doctor nor admitted to the hospital. Finally, the woman was taken to a private hospital for delivery. However, her child did not survive.

Absolutely appalling incident in Kolar: shocking video of woman writhing in labor pain, hospital staff and doctors remain apathetic as she was made to wait for 4 hours!! pic.twitter.com/q7gWC9CNfn

— Nimi (@nimeshika_j) May 29, 2019

As per the sources, the doctors at the private hospital said they managed to save the life of the woman, but could not save the baby. The woman is currently recuperating at the hospital.

Meanwhile, the health authorities have suspended Dr. Shivakumar, the surgeon on call at the time at KGF Hospital. Later, Kolar BJP MP Muniswamy visited Jalappa hospital to inquire about Sameena’s health.