Woman delivers preemie in toilet

TNN | May 4, 2020, 04:17 IST

Yavatmal: A mother of two delivered a premature baby boy on Saturday in the toilet of Government Medical College, Yavatmal. She left the dead 5-6-month preemie in the toilet and got admitted in ward No.3 of the gynaecology section. The incident came to light when the foetus was found in the toilet.
Police sources said the woman from Bangar Nagar reached the OPD on Saturday with abdominal pain and bleeding. The doctor on duty advised a sonography test. The woman stood in queue for two hours, before she felt severe pain and went to the toilet to urinate.
There, she delivered the still born baby prematurely.
The woman left the dead foetus in the toilet and went back to the doctor. Since she was bleeding, the doctor got her admitted in emergency ward no.3. Later, she was shifted to ward no. 4, where her condition is said to be stable.
Meanwhile, somebody noticed the dead baby in the toilet and a doctor lodged a complaint with City police station. Head constable Fuljhele visited the hospital and on preliminary enquiry identified the woman. However, no FIR has been filed in this regard so far.
HoD of gynaecology Dr Rohidas Chauhan said dean Dr Rajesh Singh has constituted an enquiry committee of four members under the chairmanship of Dr Ajay Keshwani of paediatric department, and its report is awaited. Dr Rajesh Singh refused to speak in this regard.