Woman dies at sterilization camp in Nagaur

JAIPUR: A 26-year-old woman died while undergoing sterilization at a camp organized at Manana primary health centre (PHC) in Nagaur district on Sunday.
The doctors present at the centre claimed that the woman died of cardiac arrest. The deceased, Bala, a resident of Manana village, was first rushed to the Makrana community health centre. On not seeing any improvement in her condition, she was taken to the Jawahar Lal Nehru medical college and hospital in Ajmer but died on the way, said R K Meena, chief medical and health officer, Nagaur.
The woman's relatives blamed the doctors for carelessness, and claimed she had died at the Makrana community health centre, sources said. Around 30 women had participated at the sterilization camp. Bala was the fifth woman to be operated upon by the doctors.
Doctor Surendra Rathi, who operated on Bala, denied allegations and said, "It seems that she died of vasovagal shock. In case of some patients, it happens when we insert the needle. But, patients normally recover from the shock. Bala, however, did not recover and we referred her to the community health centre."
Rathi said before she was brought to the operation table, a complete check was done. "Thirty women had come to the camp, and after conducting blood, urine and other tests, we found 24 of them fit for sterilization and Bala was one of them," he added.