Overview
- Six new mothers who had caesarean deliveries Monday evening deteriorated 8–10 hours later with sharp drops in blood pressure, falling platelets, and blocked urine.
- One woman, identified as Payal, died Tuesday during treatment and five others remain in intensive nephrology care, with one reported on ventilator support.
- The Rajasthan government ordered a high-level inquiry and sent a four-doctor specialist team from Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh Medical College to aid care and review the cases.
- Hospital leaders formed separate teams for treatment and for the probe, sealed the medicines given to the patients, closed the post-operative gynaecology ward, and moved newborns to neonatal care.
- Families allege a wrong drug or an infection caused the cluster, but officials say the cause remains unconfirmed and patients cannot be declared out of danger for 72–96 hours.