Summary:
While Dr.
Kumar was replaced by Dr.
Shailaja, superintendent of Government Maternity Hospital, Sultan Bazar, Dr.
Rani’s next posting and her replacement was not announced in the order. more-inThe health department on Friday relieved two senior doctors of Niloufer Hospital, citing prima facie negligence in the case of recent maternal deaths. The government collected samples of the five women and took swabs from the operation theatres to determine if infection was the cause. Between January 28 and February 4, five women had succumbed following c-section surgeries. Relatives of patients also had alleged negligence which the Collector was said to be looking into..