Three Karnataka doctors get jail for woman’s death

KALABURAGI: A court in Bidar has sentenced four people, including three doctors, to jail and imposed penalties for medical negligence which led to the death of a 40-year-old woman in 2014.
The Bidar second civil and JMFC court judge, Abdul Khadar, on January 4 sentenced doctors Rajashri and Vaijanath Biradar and a hospital employee of Dr Biradar Sushruth Nursing Home in Bidar to two years in jail and fined them Rs 10,000 each.Rajashekhar Patil, the third doctor, was awarded six months imprisonment and Rs 5,000 fine.
Sources said all the four persons will appeal the order and seek bail.
On October 12, 2014, Sampavathi Ghaleppa Auradkar was admitted to the Biradar hospital for a hysterectomy surgery. After Rajashri and Vaijanath performed the procedure, the condition of Sampavathi turned worse.
The duo performed the surgery despite the hospital allegedly not having a ventilator, which was crucial to the patient’s survival.
Sampavathi was rushed to Rajashekhar Patil’s hospital in the city, which also didn’t have a ventilator.