Mumbai: Husband of dead pregnant woman 'leaves' hospital

Sandhya Nair | TNN | Updated: Apr 8, 2020, 10:36 IST

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MUMBAI: The husband of the pregnant woman who died of Covid-19 at BYL Nair hospital on Saturday is suspected to have left the hospital without being tested on Sunday after he learnt about the virus. He was put in isolation along with his 18-month-old daughter after almost 24 hours.
This is the first death of a pregnant woman due to the virus in the state. Her child could not be saved. The 30-year-old woman from Nalasopara was taken to a local private hospital after she got labour pain on Friday night. The hospital refused to admit her and she was taken to a civic hospital in Nagindas Pada, Nalasopara. There, she was told to go to Shatabdi hospital in Kandivli. She reached Shatabdi in an ambulance around 2.30am on Saturday, where her condition worsened. She was accompanied by her husband, brother and brother-in-law, all of whom have been quarantined and their swabs have been taken for testing.
The woman was shifted to Nair hospital at 3.07pm on Saturday and died at 6.45pm. The cause of death was given as respiratory failure with acute respiratory distress syndrome and suspected Covid-19. The body was packed, placed in an ambulance and taken to a burial ground.