Woman ‘apprehended’ in hospital after delivery sent home

A woman, who was literally apprehended at a private hospital in Patna, was on Sunday allowed to go home. The woman had given birth to a baby in the hospital, and had since been kept in the hospital allegedly over dues.

Local newspaper Prabhat Khabar had published the news of the woman at hospital, following which Member of Parliament Pappu Yadav pressured the hospital administration to free the woman.

According to reports, the stitches of the woman were not cut even 12 days after delivery.

In the presence of the civil surgeon are the region, Yadav sought the documents of the hospital, but the administration could not produce the same. The civil surgeon assured to act against the hospital.

The Sheetala Emergency Hospital waived off Rs 25,000, the pending dues of the victim, but also paid Rs 10,000 to her as an aid. She was sent to her home in Madhepura in an ambulance.