Protests rocked two state-run hospitals in north Bengal during the past 24 hours over the deaths of patients as their family members and relatives accused doctors and other staff of negligence.
At the Mekhliganj sub-divisional hospital of Cooch Behar, relatives of a lactating mother who died also resorted to ransacking on Sunday, prompting police to intervene.
Protests rocked two state-run hospitals in north Bengal during the past 24 hours over the deaths of patients as their family members and relatives accused doctors and other staff of negligence.
At the Mekhliganj sub-divisional hospital of Cooch Behar, relatives of a lactating mother who died also resorted to ransacking on Sunday, prompting police to intervene.
At the Balurghat district hospital of South Dinajpur, family members of a youth who died at the hospital voiced protests on Saturday night.
Sagarika Roy, a pregnant woman from the Bagdokra-Fulkadabri area of Mekhliganj, was admitted to the sub-divisional hospital on Saturday afternoon. Around 8pm, she gave birth to a son. Around 2am on Sunday, suddenly she started bleeding and her condition deteriorated. Family members alleged that even though they had informed the on-duty nurse, she ignored the issue and kept on sleeping in the ward.