A 36-year-old woman died today at the government medical college hospital here, five days after her delivery, following which her relatives staged a protest alleging medical negligence.
 

However, the hospital authorities said the woman was suffering from HELLP syndrome, a serious pregnancy complication, and had been on ventilator after her delivery. Relatives of the woman alleged that she was suffering from stomach ache and breathing difficulty, but was given medicines for gastric problems only.

Though she died in in the morning, they were informed about it very late, the relatives charged. "It is an unfortunate incident. An inquiry commission has been set up to probe the issue," hospital superintendent R V Ramlal said. He said an inquiry has also been ordered into the alleged discovery of a piece of cloth in the private parts of another woman who had been recently admitted to the hospital for delivery.