A six-member team at Sassoon Hospital needs more time to look into a case where a patient faced problems during her pregnancy treatment at four different hospitals – Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Indira IVF Centre, Surya Hospital, and Manipal Hospital.
The team found that these hospitals didn’t work together properly to help the patient. When the patient needed emergency care, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital didn’t take her in, and Surya Hospital didn’t send her to a better hospital that could help her.
The team is worried about Indira IVF Centre’s decision to treat the patient even though she’d a risky pregnancy. The patient had an operation in 2022 to remove her ovaries because of cysts, which made her case more complicated.
The police have asked the team to suggest ways to stop such problems from happening again. They’re looking at how much time was taken to give proper treatment to the patient, as delays might’ve made things worse.
The team wants more time because they need to check many things carefully. They’re looking at how each hospital followed their rules, kept patient records, and handled emergencies.
The team’s final report will tell who made mistakes and what went wrong at each hospital. This report will help make new rules about how hospitals should work together when treating patients with risky pregnancies. It will also help hospitals learn how to handle such cases better in the future.
The investigation comes as Pune’s transportation infrastructure continues to develop, potentially affecting emergency medical response times across the city.
