Mother and child die in private clinic due to medical negligence

Coimbatore: The kin of a nurse who was working at the Coimbatore Government Hospital are protesting at the Government Hospital here in the city, accusing a lady doctor Thilakavathi of gross medical negligence which resulted in two deaths, that of the mother and child during delivery.


Coimbatore: The kin of a nurse who was working at the Coimbatore Government Hospital are protesting at the Government Hospital here in the city, accusing a lady doctor Thilakavathi of gross medical negligence which resulted in two deaths, that of the mother and child during delivery. 



It is reported that doctor Thilakavathi who works in GH had taken the pregnant nurse to her own private clinic but both mother and child died during delivery. 



Following this, relatives of the nurse have staged a protest in front of GH, citing that mother and child could only have died due to the negligence of the lady doctor. 

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