'Quack' arrested after woman, child's death

DIJKOT:

A woman and her newborn baby died during delivery, following which Batala Colony police registered a case against five suspects and arrested two of them, including a woman.

According to police sources, the complainant Basharat Ali, a resident of Gulshan Ali Town, stated in the FIR that his 30-year-old sister Hira was taken to a hospital for delivery.

He alleged that the suspects examined the woman and shifted her to an operation theatre.

During the procedure, an injection was allegedly administered, after which the woman's condition worsened.

She was shifted in a private ambulance to Allied Hospital-I, where she died shortly after arrival. The unborn child also did not survive.

The complainant alleged that the deaths had occurred due to medical negligence, prompting protest from the family.

Batala Colony Station House Officer (SHO) Zahir Akhtar arrested an alleged quack and her associate Imran after registering a case under Section 322 of the Pakistan Penal Code against five suspects. The police launched a search for the remaining suspects.

Police officials said the arrested suspects were allegedly unqualified medical practitioners.