Woman accuses SSG docs of negligence

Vadodara: State-run SSG Hospital has landed in another controversy after a woman gave birth to a stillborn child and alleged negligence by doctors on Friday at the Rukmani Chainani maternity ward.
Family members of the woman have registered a complaint with the medical superintendent of the government hospital Dr Rajeev Daveshwar, seeking an explanation behind the alleged medical negligence.
Twenty-seven-year-old Dharmishtha Rana was admitted at the maternity ward on Thursday and later developed labour pain on Friday night.
Rana and her husband Jigar have alleged that even as the pregnant woman pleaded for help, none of the medical staff at the maternity ward provided any help to her.
In the written complaint, the family has alleged that the pregnant woman was forced to climb down the stairs from the third floor to ground floor to get help.
The family has sought a written explanation from the hospital management and the staff within 48 hours regarding the medicine provided to the woman, its effect, the reason behind delay in providing her emergency service. They have also sought reason behind the death of the baby in the womb.