Shocking: 2,200 women lose uterus to greedy doctors of 4 hospitals

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February 7, 2017

Kalaburgi, Feb 7: Thousands of women staged a daylong protest outside the office of the Deputy Commissioner here on Monday demanding criminal action against hospitals and doctors who performed unwarranted hysterectomies, and compensation to the victims.

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Nearly 2,200 women belonging to the Lambani and dalit communities lost their uteruses to doctors, who carried out the operations to inflate bills in four private hospitals in Kalaburagi district.

The racket was busted in August 2015. A health department inquiry detailed the many violations committed by the doctors. Despite the inquiry committee cancelling their licences in October 2015, these Kalaburagi hospitals continue to function.

Women who visited the hospitals for treatment of minor ailments like stomach pain were told their uteruses were infected and were advised hysterectomies.

The report filed by the health department says, "Most of the women had vague lower abdominal pain and backache, for which they approached doctors in the hospitals. They were subjected to ultrasound examination and were given medication for a short period. During subsequent visits, without subjecting the women to further evaluation, women who failed to get any relief were told that they would develop cancer of the uterus if they do not undergo a hysterectomy. This particular sequence of events was the same in most cases..."

Four hospitals

The expert committee constituted by the Commissioner of Health and Family Welfare in October 2015, had indicted four hospitals — Girish Noola Surgical & Maternity Hospital, Basava Hospital, L.M. Care Hospital, and Sudha Memorial Smruti Maternity & Surgical Nursing Home — for violating various sections of the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments Act (KPME) 2007 and Rules 2009.

Another enquiry committee appointed by the Karnataka State Women Commission recommended criminal cases against the doctors and pay compensation to the victims.

Deputy Commissioner Ujjwal Kumar Ghosh has suspended the licence of the hospitals for six months.

He has also written to Karnataka Medical Council on January 23, 2017, recommending disciplinary action against Dr. Girish Noola and Dr. Smita Noola, who conducted over 600 hysterectomies in two years violating laws and professional ethics. However, there was no response from the KMC so far. The activists, however, allege that the indicted hospitals and doctors continued to function under different names.

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Arif
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Tuesday, 7 Feb 2017

Atrocity towards Daliths is going on for ages. Even after committing such a crime, these victims' voices will be suppressed and turned down by other people who are in-charge of justice system.

Prakash
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Tuesday, 7 Feb 2017

OH...!!! now how they will produce 4 children..? why Sangh pariwar quite now it is better to change their name to P*** Pariwar

Rikaz
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Tuesday, 7 Feb 2017

Greedy doctors, need to cancel their licenses once and for all.....

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May 7,2024

Mangaluru: Former MLC Ivan D’Souza on Monday led a delegation to the Passport Seva Kendra in Mangaluru, urging the authorities to provide basic facilities for applicants. D’Souza addressed the media, highlighting the lack of essential amenities at the Mangaluru PSK. “I have requested the authorities to provide basic facilities for people visiting the PSK.

There are no chairs for the convenience of people who arrive at the PSK. They are forced to sit or stand by the side of the road or on footpaths. Additionally, there is no parking facility, no washrooms, and water has not been provided for the public,” the Congress leader stated.

An average of 500 to 600 people from various parts of the state visit the PSK. They have to wait in the scorching heat of the sun, D’Souza mentioned, urging the govt to address these issues promptly. “Officials have agreed to find solutions to the problems faced by the people. Meanwhile, we have also demanded that the PSK be relocated to a more convenient space. We have suggested that the PSK could be moved to the old DC’s office, where there is sufficient space. If our demands are not met, we will hold a protest,” D’Souza explained.

Ashraf Kinara, vice-president of the Dakshina Kannada Waqf Advisory Committee, echoed the sentiment, stating that the authorities should either provide all basic facilities for passport applicants at the PSK or relocate the centre to a better location.

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May 17,2024

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Hubballi, May 17: Karnataka Police have arrested the killer, Vishwa, also known as Girish, in the sensational Anjali Ambigera murder case, police said on Friday.

Preliminary investigations reveal that Vishwa was a habitual thief who exploited innocent young women. The accused is also a drunkard and was caught while attempting to commit theft. He was also part of a gang which stole bikes.

The accused targeted gullible young women, enacting a drama of love and playing the emotional card to forcefully extort gold, silver, and cash from them. When Anjali did not agree to any of his attempts to rob her and outrightly rejected his offer to go with him to Mysuru city, he brutally killed her.

The police had formed two teams to hunt down the killer. One of the teams was searching in the south Karnataka region, and another team, which launched a hunt in Davanagere, nabbed him. The accused was arrested by the police on Thursday.

The police could not catch him sooner as the killer did not carry a mobile phone and did not use his phone for 15 days, before murdering Anjali. The jurisdictional Bendigeri Police were aware of the killer's history, but even after the complaint by the girl’s family, they showed "utter negligence".

The 24-year-old Vishwa entered Anjali Ambigera's (20) residence at 5.30 A.M. on Wednesday and stabbed the young woman multiple times before she could react. Vishwa dragged Anjali Ambigera all over the house, kicking and stabbing her. Later, he pushed her into the kitchen where he stabbed her repeatedly.

Despite efforts by Anjali’s grandmother and two sisters to stop the attacker, he killed her and managed to flee. The incident occurred in the Veerapura Oni area within the jurisdiction of the Bendigeri Police Station.

Vishwa had been blackmailing Anjali and pressurising her to accompany him to Mysuru without informing her parents. The incident which took place close on the heels of MCA student Neha Hiremath’s brutal murder by the jilted lover has raised concern over the safety of women all across the state.

The BJP had demanded the resignation of Home Minister G. Parameshwara while the Congress leaders have also demanded that the Hubballi-Dharwad Police Commissioner Renuka Sukumar should be transferred for failing to sensitise the police force regarding issues of women’s safety.

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May 10,2024

Mangaluru: A teenage boy from a remote village in Dakshina Kannada district, who was undergoing treatment for stomach pain for past few days, breathed his last after hospitalization. 

The deceased has been identified as Nithin Kumar, 19, who had completed PUC and was attending computer classes. 

According to police, on May 4, when he informed his family that he had been suffering from a stomach-ache for the past 4-5 days, his family members took him to a clinic in Kaniyoor.

The doctors who examined him advised him to undergo scanning. He was informed about a kidney stone and later, they returned home. That same night, he suffered from stomach-ache again and was rushed to a private hospital in Puttur.

On May 7, as per doctors’ advice, he was discharged around 12:45pm. However, when he came home around 2:30pm, he again suffered from stomach-ache and was taken to another private hospital in Puttur, where doctors conducted a surgery.

On Wednesday, as per doctors’ advice, he was asked to be shifted to Mangaluru for better treatment.

He visited a private hospital in Derakatte, where doctors suggested that he be shifted to government Wenlock Hospital.

The doctors who examined him at the Wenlock Hospital declared him dead. A case has been registered at the Bellare police station, and an investigation is on.

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