Overview
- Jyoti Pal, 26, died on Sunday after months of severe pain following a January caesarean at Eye and Mother Care Centre in Dehradun.
- Imaging at another hospital last month detected a gauze piece in her abdomen; she underwent surgery to remove it but did not survive.
- The health department sealed the delivering hospital and suspended its registration pending the outcome of the inquiry.
- CMO Manoj Kumar Sharma constituted a four-member committee, issued summons to personnel involved in the C-section, and said the cause of death will hinge on the post-mortem findings.
- Police registered a medical negligence case on the husband’s complaint as officers dispersed protests outside the facility, and the Uttarakhand State Women’s Commission took suo motu cognisance.