Ballia, 23 March (HS): A

24-year-old woman died purportedly during a surgical operation at a private

hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia, sparking protests from her family members

who claimed incompetence and sought stern punishment against the doctors,

police said on Monday. The event occurred on Sunday at a private facility in

Ballia's Kotwali region. The victim, named as Anisha Rai of Devkali village in

the Sukhpura police station area, was having kidney stone surgery when she

reportedly died from severe bleeding, according to authorities. Following the

event, enraged relatives caused a scene in the hospital and held a sit-in

protest outside the hospital, demanding that the facility be shut and a FIR

filed against those responsible.

Senior

administrative and police officials, including Additional District Magistrate

Anil Kumar and Additional Superintendent of Police Kripa Shankar, arrived late

Sunday night and reassured demonstrators that the culprits will face legal

punishment. According to the police, the body has been submitted for a

postmortem examination. The deceased's spouse Shivanshu Rai filed a complaint

against five physicians (Jyotsna Singh, Apoorva Singh, Deepak Singh, Sanjay

Singh, and Rohan Gupta) under Section 103 (1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

(BNS) for murder. According to the FIR, the complainant said that his wife was

brought to the hospital at 2 p.m. on Sunday for a kidney stone surgery, for

which Rs one lakh was paid.

He

said that the physicians promised a laser-based surgery but actually performed

a large abdominal procedure, resulting in her death. The FIR further claimed

that medical officials then instructed him to immediately relocate his wife to

Lucknow in an attempt to conceal the occurrence. According to Station House

Officer Kshitij Tripathi, attempts are on to apprehend the accused physicians,

and further investigation is ongoing.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi