Wednesday, December 03, 2014

Bicycle pumps, reused needles & gloves: Hideous Indian sterilization ops revealed...

A probe into the deaths of 13 Indian women as a result of sterilization has revealed that doctors reused the same needles and gloves for all patients. A separate report claimed that medics usually use a bicycle pump for the procedure.

The women died at a state-run camp in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh last month. Eighty-three women were operated on over the course of six hours at a camp.

The investigation showed that the operations had been conducted in unhygienic conditions. “None of the staff changed their hand gloves in between the procedures. The same injection needle and syringe, and the suture needle were used for all the cases,” a report by four public health organizations said.

“Neither were those sterilized nor new needles taken for each case,” AFP cited it as saying.

 Locals initially alleged negligence and claimed the tubectomy operations were rushed. A single doctor and assistant performed all of the tubectomies, according to a report in the Indian Express, citing Bilaspur’s chief medical officer, R.K. Bhange. Authorities originally attributed the deaths to post-op medication which reportedly contained traces of a chemical found in rat poison. Full story...

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