Overview
- At Kota’s New Medical College Hospital, three of the four surviving mothers remained critical on Friday and received dialysis, while one patient began to pass urine after treatment.
- The cluster followed 12–13 caesareans on Monday when six women fell ill within hours with sudden low blood pressure, dropping platelets and blocked urine, and Payal died Tuesday while Jyoti died Thursday.
- Rajasthan set up expert teams and a high-level inquiry, rushed specialists from Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh Medical College, sealed the drugs given, and closed the post‑operative ward during the investigation.
- A doctor on the review panel said a statewide notice pulled the medicines used during the procedures until tests pinpoint a cause, though officials have not identified a single trigger.
- Families alleged a medication error and held protests as four newborns stayed in intensive care and one baby required oxygen, and officials considered moving the sickest mothers to Jaipur for advanced care.