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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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).
