Pregnant woman, newborn twins die in Tumakuru; district hospital staff accused of negligence
Tumakuru: A pregnant woman and her twin newborn children died in the city as the medical staff of the Tumakuru district hospital reportedly failed to provide her timely treatment.
The locals have accused the staff at the hospital of turning away the pregnant woman, Kasturi, who had been a resident of Bharati Nagar in the city, when she visited the hospital at night on Wednesday with labour pain.
Kasturi was the mother of a girl and was a destitute. She was going through her second pregnancy. With the financial aid provided by neighbours, she visited the district hospital, but the staff at the hospital reportedly refused her care, claiming she had not gotten various records.
The victim, who was undergoing labour pain, returned home without receiving timely care at the hospital. She went through labour at home in great pain, due to which, Kasturi and her two twin newborns died, the neighbours have said.
When the neighbours visited Kasturi on Thursday morning, they learned that the mother and her infants had died, and are said to have brought the matter to the notice of the NEPS police.
“The trio could have been saved had the pregnant woman received immediate care when she visited the district hospital with labour pain. The mother and her children have died due to the negligence of the staff of the hospital,” Nagendra, activist of the Karnataka Rashtra Samiti (KRS) party, has said.
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4 workers die after inhaling toxic gas at chemical unit in Gujarat's Bharuch
Bharuch (Gujarat) (PTI): Four workers died on Sunday after inhaling toxic fumes following gas leakage at a chemical plant at Dahej in Gujarat's Bharuch district, police said.
The victims fell unconscious after inhaling the toxic fumes leaking from a pipe at a production unit of the Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited (GFL) at around 10 pm on Saturday, Dahej police station inspector BM Patidar said.
They were rushed to a private hospital in Bharuch. Three of them died at around 3 am on Sunday, while another one succumbed at 6 am, the official said.
"The incident occurred at around 10 pm when the four workers fell unconscious due to gas leakage from the pipe passing through the ground floor of the company's CMS plant. They were rushed to a private hospital where all four of them died," he said.
The bodies were sent for postmortem and further probe into the incident was underway, the official said.
The deceased have been identified as Rajesh Kumar (hailing from Gujarat), Mudrika Yadav (belonging to Jharkhand), Sushit Prasad and Mahesh Nandlal (both from Uttar Pradesh), police said.
GFL, Dahej, Deputy General Manager Jignesh Parmar told reporters that they will investigate the matter and a compensation of Rs 25 lakh would be paid to the kin of each of the deceased workers.
"The company and the management are saddened by the incident. We have promised to cooperate with legal authorities and we will investigate the matter and bring out our report," he said.
Sub Divisional Magistrate, Bharuch, Manisha Manani said three of the deceased were from other states.
"Four persons died due to gas leakage at the GFL plant near Ambeta village. The bodies have been sent to the civil hospital in Bharuch for post-mortem and an investigation is underway," Manani said.
