13 women died in Rajasthan due to excessive bleeding during childbirth allegedly after being administered contaminated intravenous fluids.
Making the first arrest in the maternal deaths case, the police today took into custody an official of an Indore-based pharma company while Rajasthan government suspended a drug inspector and a store keeper of one of the two affected hospitals in Jodhpur.
Facing mounting anger over the deaths of 13 women due to excessive bleeding during childbirth allegedly after being administered contaminated intravenous fluids, chief minister Ashok Gehlot visited Umaid and MG hospitals and made a bid to calm the situation. Gehlot hails from Jodhpur.
The state government increased the Rs one lakh compensation originally announced to Rs five lakh each to the families of the victims, an official said today while announcing the suspension of the area drug inspector Dinesh Taneja and MG Hospital storekeeper Kusum Acharya.
Jodhpur police commissioner Bhupendra Kumar Dak said Sanjay Shah, who is in the Production and Quality Control department of Indore-based Parental Surgical India Limited, was arrested with the help of the Madhya Pradesh police. "We have arrested Shah and the team is taking him to Jodhpur for the interrogation," he said.
An official said the government has also blacklisted the Indore firm and Anshul Pharma, distributor for glucose supply.
The decisions to make the suspensions and increase the compensation were taken at a high-level meeting in Jaipur last night presided by Gehlot who also directed the Jodhpur Divisional Commissioner to probe the deaths and submit a report within 15 days.
At least 13 women have died in a span of 14 days between February 13 and 26 and three others are battling for their lives after they were allegedly administered IV fluids in Umaid and MG hospitals.
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