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The district administration also said the patients would be given financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh. (Express Photo by Parul Kulshrestha)
The Kota district administration and Government Medical College authorities on Thursday signed a written agreement with the families of five women suffering from kidney failure after childbirth, assuring them of free treatment, priority dialysis and expedited kidney transplant.
The district administration also said the patients would be given financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh.
The agreement was reached during a meeting chaired by Principal and Controller of Government Medical College Dr Nilesh Kumar Jain, and including Additional District Collector (City) Vinod Kumar Malhotra and Head of Nephrology at Super Speciality Hospital Dr Vikas Khandelia.
The five women are currently admitted to the Nephrology ward of the Super Speciality Hospital in Kota. Days earlier, the women, who underwent C-sections at Kota’s New Medical College between May 5 and 7 and have remained in the hospital since, had written to President Droupadi Murmu seeking her intervention for an emergency organ transplant, saying they should either undergo the surgery or be “permitted to be euthanised”.
According to the agreement signed by district authorities, dialysis and all other medical treatment for the women will be provided free of cost and on a priority basis. The administration also assured that the women would be given priority in the cadaver kidney transplant waiting list. If eligible living donors are available within their families, transplants will be carried out on priority, free of cost, it said.
The agreement further states that kidney transplants, if required, can be performed at any government medical institution in Rajasthan, including AIIMS Jodhpur, with the consent of the families, at no cost. Post-transplant treatment and follow-up care will also be provided free of charge on a priority basis, officials said.
A maternal health crisis has rocked Kota over the past few months, with several women who underwent C-section procedures at government hospitals developing kidney-related complications. The crisis came to light when five such women died two months ago, and several others were hospitalised in critical condition.
NHRC notice
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Meanwhile, the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) on Thursday said it has issued a notice to the Rajasthan government over reports that eight women and a minor died in a week, allegedly after undergoing surgery at the gynaecology wards of government hospitals in Bhilwara and Banswara districts.
The rights panel sought a detailed report on the matter in two weeks.
The NHRC, in a statement, said it has “taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that eight women and a minor died in a week after undergoing surgery in the gynaecology wards of the government hospitals in the Bhilwara and Banswara districts of Rajasthan”.
Among the victims, five died at the Mahatma Gandhi Hospital in Bhilwara district, and three others, in addition to a minor, at the Banswara district hospital, the rights panel said, citing the report.
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