Day: January 15, 2009

MIRPURKHAS, Jan 14: EDO Health Dr Khadim Hussain Lakhair has ordered an inquiry into death of a pregnant woman and her new-born child during delivery at a private hospital.

Mr Rajoo, a contractor, filed a written complaint to the EDO of health, alleging that his daughter Ms Raj Kumari and her child died due to negligence of untrained staff of a hospital run by the Mirpurkhas District Mother and Child Welfare Association.

Rajoo told Dawn that on January 6, his pregnant daughter was taken to the private hospital at Hameedpura road for delivery but no lady doctor was available there.

He alleged that staff of the hospital tried to operate upon her as a result of which her one vein was cut which resulted into profuse bleeding.

He said that during this when he demanded to call a lady doctor, the staff sought Rs2,000 for calling a lady doctor. He lamented that he agreed to pay the amount but the lady doctor did not turn up.

Later, the staff increased the demanded to Rs5000 and said that the lady doctor had demanded to see the patient at Bhittai Hospital. He said that hospital administration did not provide him an ambulance to shift his daughter to Bhittai Hospital. He said later he was told that a boy was born who also died afterwards.

He further said that at 6pm the staff called an ambulance and shifted his daughter to St Adventist Hospital when she had already expired due to serious negligence and bleeding. He added that lady doctor at St Adventist Hospital, after examining her, pronounced her death and said that the patient had died before arrival at this hospital.

When this scribe visited the hospital, the office assistant Ramchand did not allow him to meet with the hospital staff.

Honorary Secretary of Mirpurkhas District Maternity and Child Welfare Association, Haji Akhlaq Ahmed, told this scribe that staff of the hospital had normally examined the patient Raj Kumari and conceded of mismanagement while handling this case. He said that the child had died before birth and the mother was alive when shifted to St Adventist Hospital.
Source: Dawn
Date:1/15/2009

KARACHI — The women working at Radio Pakistan can highlight problems faced by Pakistani women.

These views were expressed by provincial Minister for woman development Tauqeer Fatima during her visit to Radio Pakistan the other day.

Provincial minister for woman development said she was pleased to see women proving their abilities in every field of life.

She further said that by utilizing their capabilities, women could play major role in the development of society. Provincial Minister Tauqeer Fatima was informed by Director Radio Pakistan Karachi about aims and policies of Radio Pakistan and also intimated about the established radio stations in various districts of Sindh.
Source: The Nation
Date:1/15/2009

KARACHI, Jan 15: A 45-year-old woman was slaughtered on Thursday in her home by her son and nephews in Qayyumabad.

The Korangi Industrial Area police said the victim woman, Ameera Bibi, had married Allah Yar some eight years back after her first husband, Noor Mohammed, died.

They said the victim’s son, Amjad, from her first husband wanted his mother to divorce the second husband, and he killed the woman when she refused to end her second marriage.

The police said the suspect, Amjad, with his maternal cousins, Shafi and Imran, came to the victim’s house (89, Gali 4) on Wednesday and stayed the night at the victim’s place.

They said the victim’s husband, a junk vendor, left home for work in the morning and he returned at around 3pm to find his wife slaughtered. The suspects had fled the scene before Allah Yar returned home.

He reported the matter to the police who shifted the body to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for a post-mortem examination.

Sources at the hospital’s medico-legal section told Dawn that the throat of the woman had been slit with a sharp-edged object.

The police said they did not find the weapon used in the crime.

They said a search had been mounted for the absconding suspects, who are stated to be the residents of Khuda Ki Basti in the Khwaja Ajmair Nagri police limits. The police said that no case was registered till late as the victim’s husband was busy with the funeral.

They said the woman had seven children from her late husband and she had no child from the second one.

The police said the victim’s children were grown up and lived with their other relatives, while the woman lived alone with her second husband.
Source: Dawn
Date:1/16/2009