Kota C-section victims demand kidney transplant in 48 hours, write to President
Five women in Kota who suffered kidney complications following C-section deliveries have written to the President of India requesting euthanasia if they do not receive a kidney transplant within 48 hours. Hospital authorities maintain that the patients are stable and fit for outpatient dialysis.
Why it matters
The case underscores severe lapses in medical care and the desperate plight of patients facing long-term health complications and financial ruin.
It was supposed to be a two-day hospital stay and at the end of it, a baby in their arms.
However, for five women at Kota's New Medical College Hospital (NMCH), it has turned into a harrowing tale of misery and financial ruin and endless rounds of dialysis as they continue to battle kidney infection suffered after their C-section delivery.
"She is terrified of the word dialysis now," said Mohan Lal, whose wife, Dhanni Suman, has been at the hospital since the first week of May.
"Within an hour of starting the process, she begins vomiting, shivering violently and has a high fever. She cannot eat anything on those days," he told PTI at the hospital.
The women have undergone 32 rounds of dialysis in the past 68 days. Five other women, at NMCH and J.K. Lone Hospital, died from complications following a caesarean delivery.
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