KARACHI: Staff at a rural health center in Pakistan's Sindh Province beheaded a newborn baby for medical negligence, endangering the life of a 32-year-old Hindu woman.
This tragic incident forced the
Sindh government to get to the bottom of the matter and form a Medical Inquiry
Board to trace the culprits.
"The Bheel Hindu woman, who
hails from a remote village in Tharparkar district, had earlier visited
a rural health center (RHC) in her area but there was no female ophthalmologist
available," the professor said. Said, ". Raheel Sikandar, who heads
the gynecology unit at Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences
(LUMHS) in Jamshoro.
RHC staff beheaded the newborn in
the mother's womb and left him for complex surgery on Sunday, he said.
The woman succumbed to her injuries
and was rushed to a nearby hospital where treatment was not available. He said
that finally, his family brought him to LUMHS where the body of the newborn was
removed from the mother's womb and his life was saved.
Sikandar said the baby's head was
stuck inside and the mother's uterus has ruptured to save his life, he had to
open his stomach and remove his head through surgery.
This terrible mistake forced the
Director General of Sindh Health Services, Dr. Jamun Bahuto, to order a
separate inquiry into the matter.
He said the inquiry committees
would look into what happened, especially the absence of ophthalmologists and
female staff at the RHC in Chhacharo.
Inquiry committees will also
review reports that the woman had to undergo the trauma of making her video
while lying on a stretcher.
"Some staff members took
pictures of her on a mobile phone in Guinea Ward and shared the photos in
various WhatsApp groups,"
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