2014 Chhattisgarh sterilisation deaths

Death of 15 women in India In November 2014, 15 women died after undergoing improperly performed sterilization procedures performed in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. In addition to the 15 deaths, 70 women were hospitalized in critical condition, 20 of whom were placed on mechanical ventilation.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29999874 Indian botched sterilisations kill nine women in Chhattisgarh BBC News 11 November 2014 11 November 2014 Background Each of the women was paid to undergo the procedure. Reports differed on the amount, with some saying the amount was 1,400 rupees,http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/11/world/asia/india-sterilization-deaths/ India: 11 women die, 62 more hospitalized after being paid to be sterilized CNN 11 November 2014 11 November 2014 Pokharel, Sugam while others said it was 600.https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/12/world/asia/botched-government-sterilizations-india.html 11 Women Die After Botched Government Sterilizations in India New York Times 12 November 2014 11 November 2014 Barry, Ellen The government of India sometimes pays women to undergo sterilization in an effort to curb population growth in the country. Sterilisations On November 8, 2014, Dr. R. K. Gupta and an unnamed assistant carried out tubectomies on around 140 women in two different camps in Pendari, Bilaspur district. He was then honored by the Chhattisgarh government for carrying out the record number of sterilizations. However, the women fell ill on November 10, 2014, two days after the surgery.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-health-sterilization-idUSKCN0IV0MP20141111 Ten women die after botched surgery at sterilization 'camp' in India Reuters 11 November 2014 11 November 2014 Dash, Jatindra By that night, eight of them had died, and their deaths were announced the following day. By November 13, 2014, 13 deaths were reported with seventy hospitalized and some admitted in AIIMS.http://www.asianage.com/india/sterilisation-death-toll-climbs-13-026 Sterilisation death toll climbs to 13 The Asian Age 2014-11-13 2014-11-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20141124094901/http://www.asianage.com/india/sterilisation-death-toll-climbs-13-026 dead Investigation S.K. Mandal, the chief medical officer in Chhattisgarh, suggested that the doctor who performed the operations was under pressure to meet government-set targets for a number of sterilizations that had to be performed.https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/sterilization-deaths-show-indias-health-care-ills-26854655?singlePage=true Sterilization Deaths Show India's Health Care Ills ABC News 12 November 2014 12 November 2014 Associated Press According to an unnamed medical official, by performing 83 sterilizations in six hours, the doctor had breached guidelines requiring surgeons to perform no more than 30 sterilizations per day.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-11/eight-women-dead-after-india-mass-sterilization-goes-awry.html Doctor Used Infected Tools on Indian Women as 10 Dead Bloomberg 11 November 2011 11 November 2014 Krishnan, Unni The unnamed doctor reacted by saying that the women were well when they left the hospital. In a telephone interview, he attributed their vomiting and abdominal pain to antibiotics they had been given. Mandal described the doctor in question as a "very senior and respected surgeon". The exact cause of the deaths remains unclear. According to Amar Singh, the deputy health director of Chhattisgarh, the women appeared to have died from either blood poisoning or hemorrhagic shock.https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/indian-women-die-27-ill-sterilization-26824394 At Least 11 Women Die After Sterilization in India ABC News 11 November 2014 11 November 2014 Daigle, Katy The leader of the investigation, police inspector S.N. Shukla, said that preliminary investigations suggested that the deaths were caused by either contaminated equipment or adulterated medicines.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-health-sterilisation-system-idUSKCN0IW1YO20141112 Women face hasty surgery, dirty clinics in Indian sterilization drive Reuters 12 November 2014 12 November 2014 Kalra, Aditya According to district medical officer M.A. Jeemani, results of autopsies performed on some of the women who died suggested that the administration of tainted medicines might have caused the women's deaths.https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/14/world/asia/tainted-drugs-suspected-in-india-sterilization-deaths.html Tainted Drugs Suspected in India Sterilization Deaths New York Times 14 November 2014 13 November 2014 Raj, Suhasini On November 15, two senior Chhattisgarh officials stated that tablets of ciprocin that had been linked to the deaths contained zinc phosphide, a chemical often used in rat poison. This conclusion arose from a preliminary report, and samples of the tablets have been sent to other laboratories for verification.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-health-sterilisation-idUSKCN0IZ06520141115 Rat poison chemical found in pills linked to India sterilization deaths Reuters 15 November 2014 15 November 2014 Kalra, Aditya The company responded to this finding by releasing a statement which said that information about the incident had been exaggerated, denying that the pills they produced were contaminated.https://www.foxnews.com/health/company-denies-rat-poison-in-pills-linked-to-india-sterilization-deaths/ Company denies rat poison in pills linked to India sterilization deaths Fox News Channel 17 November 2014 17 November 2014 Reuters Arrests After being condemned by Chief Minister Raman Singh,http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-11-11/sterilization-horror-shows-indian-women-at-risk-for-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20141114034339/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-11-11/sterilization-horror-shows-indian-women-at-risk-for-10 dead November 14, 2014 Sterilization Horror Shows Indian Mothers at Risk for $10 Businessweek 11 November 2014 11 November 2014 Pradhan, Bibhudatta on 12 November, Dr. Gupta was arrested and subsequently suspended. He said, "It was not my fault - the administration pressured me to meet targets. The surgeries went well but the problem was with the medicines given to the women." The case was presided over by Mahadev Katulkar. On November 14, 2014, the Director of Mahawar Pharma, the company that supplied medicines used in the sterilizations, was arrested and charged with fraud,https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/14/364089920/drug-maker-in-indias-sterilization-deaths-arrested Drugmaker In India's Sterilization Deaths Arrested NPR 14 November 2014 15 November 2014 Calamur, Krishnadev and the company's drugs were banned from consumption. Response Chief Minister Raman Singh blamed negligence for the incident, and as a result, four health officials were suspended by the state, including the district's chief medical officer.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/11/India-women-sterilization/18840319/ Eight women die in India sterilization drive USA Today 11 November 2014 11 November 2014 Onyanga-Omara, Jane The government promised to pay the equivalent of about $6,600 to each of the affected families. Unnamed local health officials denied any responsibility for the deaths, with some suggesting that there was added pressure from the government to perform many operations in a short period of time. Chhattisgarh Health Minister Amar Agarwal said that the government had banned six unnamed medicines used in such operations pending the investigation.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30032878 India sterilisations: Doctor arrested over operation deaths BBC News 13 November 2014 A team of doctors from All India Institute of Medical Sciences reached Bilaspur to probe the incident. Few other surgeons from the neighboring state of Andhra Pradesh were called on to assist in this crisis.http://www.sakshi.com/news/national/rahul-gandhi-meets-families-of-bilaspur-sterilisation-victims-alleges-cover-up-185969 కు.ని. ఆపరేషన్లపై తప్పు కప్పిపుచ్చే యత్నం: రాహుల్ గాంధీ 16 November 2014November 2014 References Category:Sterilization (medicine) Category:2014 in India 2014 sterilisation deaths Category:Medical error Category:November 2014 in India