LANDIKOTAL: The provincial minister Allama Muhammad Adnan Qadri ordered inquiry after a woman and her child died due to the negligence of Labour room staff at district Headquarters hospital in Landikotal,sources said on Friday.
Provincial minister told the news by phone that he was informed about the alleged negligence by the health staff at DHQ hospital that caused a mother and her child death.
Earlier, the husband of the ill-fated woman Rehman Shinwari, Shamsuddin and others staged a protest outside the Labourroom said that they had brought the patient in a critical situation. He said that heath staff told them that the baby could be delivered through surgery. They said after anhour they were asked to take the patient to hospital in Peshawar due to her serious health condition. Rehman said they rushed to hire the hospital’s ambulance but failed. They shifted the patient with her surgery cuts on her body to Peshawar but too late.
They alleged that as they reached to Peshawar they were told the mother and her baby had died due to severe bleeding.
The husband of the woman registered case against the health staff in Landikotal police station and asked inquiry against them.
Meanwhile provincial minister Allam Muhammad Adnan Qadri took notice of the incident and directed the SHO Landikotal, District Health Officer and District Police Officer to take serious notice of the incident and conduct a fair investigation.
