Islamabad: In a case of medical negligence, the staff of Rural Health Centre (RHC) in Pakistan's Sindh province has reportedly cut of a new born baby’s head and left the severed head in the mother’s womb which put her life at risk.
The 32- year-old Hindu woman from Bheel community was rushed to a neighboring hospital in Mithi, but there were no medical facilities available there to treat her. Her family eventually took her to Jamshoro’s Liaquat University of Medical and Health Science (LUMHS) where her life was saved by removing the severed head of the newborn from mother’s womb.
Pakistan government has ordered for inquiry to find the culprits after the reports have gone viral. Dr Juman Bahoto, the Director-General of Sindh Health Services has ordered separate inquiries into the case and the investigation committees will look into what has happened, particularly towards the lack of gynecologist and female personnel at the RHC in Chachro.
Professor Raheel Sikander, the head of gynecology unit of LUMHS, said that the woman had first gone to a Rural Health Centre (RHC) in her area but with no female gynecologist available, the inexperienced staff caused her immense trauma. He added that the baby’s head was entrapped inside and the mother’s uterus had been ruptured and they had to open up her abdomen surgically and take out the head to save her life.
