‘Hygiene poor’ in fatal sterilization ops
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An independent investigation into the death of 13 women in India after mass sterilization surgeries found the doctor and his staff used the same needles for all the procedures and never changed their gloves.
The women died after being paid to have the surgery at a state-run camp in Chhattisgarh state last month. Dozens of others ended up in hospital in an incident which sparked widespread criticism of India’s family planning program.
Authorities have blamed the deaths on the drugs given to the women after the operations, which they said contained a chemical found in rat poison.
But an investigation by a team from four public health organizations found that the doctor and his staff operated on the 83 women in unhygienic conditions and that some of them probably died of infection.
“None of the staff changed their hand gloves between procedures. The same injection needle and syringe and the suture needle were used for all the cases,” the team’s report revealed.
“Neither were those sterilized nor new needles taken for each case,” said the report.
The women suffered vomiting and a dramatic fall in blood pressure after undergoing laparoscopic sterilization, in which the fallopian tubes are tied.
Although tainted drugs could have caused the deaths, interviews with the doctor who conducted post-mortem examinations on 7 women “suggested sepsis leading to septicemia” was to blame, the report said.
The doctor who performed the operations has denied any wrongdoing and claimed he was being made a scapegoat following his arrest over the deaths.
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