Kota (Raj) Nov 12 (PTI) A second woman died at a hospital affiliated to the Government Medical College in this Rajasthan town due to postpartum complications in 48 hours, triggering fresh concern, officials said on Sunday.
A 36-year-old woman named Priti died on Thursday evening at the MBS Hospital due to critical lung and kidney infections and urine blockage, after delivering a baby through C-Section at the JK Lone Hospital on Sunday (November 8).
On Tuesday night, a woman named Pushpa Bairwa from Baran district died at the New Medical College Hospital, 15 days after she was referred there from a hospital in Jhalawar, where she delivered a baby through normal delivery on October 27.
Priti, who was battling for her life after facing multi-organ failure, was shifted to the MBS Hospital, where she was admitted to the super speciality block.
She died late on Thursday evening.
The woman was taken to a hospital in Indergarh for delivery by her husband Bhanwarlal on November 8, from where she was referred to the JK Lone Hospital in Kota, where she delivered a baby through C-section.
However, she began experiencing acute difficulty in breathing two hours after the procedure.
The superintendent of JK Lone Hospital, Dr Nirmala Sharma, said Priti, with a previous history of one C-section, recorded high blood pressure – 160/100 – at the time of her admission.
Her medical history showed no prior documentation of elevated blood pressure during her previous visits to hospital in Indergarh, Itawa and Sawai Madhopur, Sharma said.
She delivered a healthy baby via C-section on the same day, she added.
However, investigations on November 9 revealed altered liver functions, with her bilirubin surging rapidly from 1 to 9, and further up to 11 by the evening, the doctor said.
Due to the critical multi-organ involvement affecting both liver and kidney functions, Priti was transferred to the MBS Hospital on November 10, where she died of progressive multi-organ dysfunction affecting both her liver and renal functions, Sharma said.
In the other case, Pushpa Bairwa experienced severe bleeding about an hour after delivering a baby, following which she was referred to the New Medical College Hospital in Kota, where she died on Tuesday evening.
With Priti, Kota hospitals have now reported five deaths due to post-delivery complications in the past two months, including Reshma (40) on October 16 and Roshan Bairwa on October 17, both at the New Medical College Hospital, and Shabnam Bano (26) on October 23 at the JK Lon Hospital.
