Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, June 7: People in Sogam area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district today protested against the death of a woman allegedly due to medical negligence of staff at Sub-District Hospital Sogam.
Rubeena Akther from Devar village was brought to the hospital last evening and she gave birth to a baby boy but her condition worsened and she later died.
Rubeena’s husband Imtiaz Ahmad Khan said that there was no gynecologist in the hospital and her wife was attended by a medical assistant and a nurse. He said that they could not handle her properly leading to her death.
Relatives of Rubeena protested at the hospital demanding stern action against the hospital authorities.
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Kupwara, Dr Muneer Ahmad Khawaja, ordered an inquiry into the incident.
The protesters said that this is the second death in the hospital in two months due to medical negligence. Last month a woman Rafiqa Begum, also died due to medical negligence at hospital.
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