Overview
- Ten Caesarean deliveries were performed at the Banswada Area/Mother and Child Hospital on July 9 and 10, and five of the mothers developed post-operative complications that required transfer to higher centres.
- Three women showed low urine output and signs of kidney injury and were taken to Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad for dialysis and ICU care, with two later improving and being moved out of dialysis.
- A four-member government inquiry has inspected the operation theatre and labour room, collected medical records and samples, and sent IV fluids and medicines for laboratory and pharmacological testing.
- Preliminary tests found the intravenous fluids sterile, officials say, but drug testing and the committee’s review of whether C-sections were medically indicated and protocols were followed are still pending.
- The case has become politically charged with opposition calls for compensation and accountability, and reporters note the episode raises wider concerns about surgical protocol, infection control and maternal safety after similar kidney-linked clusters were reported elsewhere.