Overview
- The Morigaon district administration served a show-cause notice on 6 September to senior gynaecologist Dr Kantheswar Bordoloi of Morigaon Civil Hospital.
- The memorandum states he conducted 21 emergency lower-segment caesareans between 3:40 pm on 5 September and 1:50 am on 6 September.
- The notice requires separate reports for each case addressing sterilisation procedures, any documented fetal distress, Sick Neonatal Care Unit admissions, and the roles of assisting staff within three days.
- Officials flagged inadequate preoperative and postoperative notes, citing implications for infection control and maternal and newborn safety.
- Dr Bordoloi defended his conduct, citing two operating tables and saying 19 mother–infant pairs were discharged in stable condition, with two still hospitalised and one referred to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.