Mother, newborn twins die in Tumakuru: District hospital doctor, 3 staff suspended
Tumakuru: A doctor and three other staff members of the district hospital here have been suspended, following the death of a woman and her newborn twins after she was reportedly denied medical assistance from the medical staff.
Commissioner of the Department of Health and Family Welfare Dr Randeep has reportedly issued an order suspending Dr Usha A R, gynecologist and obstetrician of the hospital, and nurses Yashoda B Y, Savitha and Divya Bharathi from government duty with immediate effect. The four staff members of the hospital are facing charges of dereliction of duty and misbehavior and the Department will conduct an inquiry into the matter, he has said.
The deceased woman, Kasturi, was reportedly a resident of Bharati Nagar in the city. She went to the district hospital with labour pain on Wednesday night, but the medical staff refused her help, Kasturi’s neighbours have said.
Returning home with increased pain, she delivered twins there, but Kasturi and her children died soon after, they added, according to sources.
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
