Tag : Rangareddy

Hyderabad: The Telangana government has initiated disciplinary action against 13 officials for the death of four women after undergoing Double Puncture Laparoscopy (DPL) at a family planning surgery camp in Rangareddy district last month. Based on the report of the inquiry committee, a criminal case has been booked against Joel Sunil Kumar, who performed the DPL at the camp conducted at Ibrahimpatnam on August 25. The state government said on Saturday that action has been initiated against 13 officials including District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO) and District Coordinator of Hospital Service (DCHS) DMHO Swarajya Laxmi and DCHS Jhansi Laxmi have been transferred. Action has also been taken against DPL camp officer Nagajyothi, deputy civil surgeon Geeta, head nurse Chandrakala, three doctors of primary health centres and three supervisors. A mobile team of health officials including two surgeons conducted DPL on 34 women at the female sterilisation campAat Civil Hospital in Ibrahimpatnam. Four of them later complained of acute gastroenteritis and approached private hospitals for treatment. All the four women succumbed while undergoing treatment. Health authorities later shifted remaining women to Apollo Hospital and Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad for treatment for possible complications. They were all discharged after treatment. The government later ordered an inquiryAby Director of Public Health Dr G. Srinivasa Rao. The inquiry committee has recommended guidelines to prevent similar incidents in future. It recommended that a hospital should not conduct more than 30 Family Planning operations in a day. It said the family planning operations should be conducted as part of services provided at the ...