Overview

• The Bareilly Health Department registered the patient’s husband’s complaint on August 3 and appointed Dr Laiki Ahmed to lead the probe into the private facility
• Noorjahan endured a stillbirth during her June 3 delivery surgery and returned with persistent pain and bleeding weeks later
• An ultrasound on July 28 at a second hospital revealed a gauze left inside her abdomen that had caused a severe infection
• Surgeons removed the retained material and performed a hysterectomy because tissue rot had set in around the gauze
• Chief Medical Officer Dr Vishram Singh warned that confirmed negligence would result in the hospital’s registration being cancelled and the facility sealed