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Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on December 7, 2024 interacts with the family of a woman who died recently at the district hospital in Ballari. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The recent deaths of five women following caesarean section deliveries at the district hospital in Ballari have raised concerns about not just the quality of maternal care in the north Karnataka district, but also public healthcare in general.Of the 34 women who delivered through C-section between November 9 and November 11 at the Ballari hospital, seven developed complications such as acute kidney injury and multi-organ dysfunction. Five of them are dead, though none of them had high-risk pregnancies. An expert committee from the R...

BALLARI: Karnataka's Ballari district hospital, where four new mothers had died post-delivery within nearly a month, reported a fifth death on Thursday. All the women had undergone caesarean section at govt-run facility.Chief minister Siddaramaiah had ordered suspension of the drug controller and criminal proceedings were initiated against Pashchim Banga Pharmaceutical for allegedly supplying substandard ringer lactate solution, an IV fluid, to the hospital.The latest victim, Sumaya, was admitted to the hospital on Nov 11. She underwent a caesarean section the same day. After the delivery her condition deteriorated and she was moved to Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS) the next day, where she was in intensive care for 24 days. But her renal condition remained critical and f...

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