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Cover story
OB Bureau
F
alling prey to medical-negligence
is a nightmare of the worst kind.
After all, who would want to
pay with their health, and even their
life in some cases, for the sheer lack of
attention of the doctors on whom they
have bestowed their faith? The story
of Sandhya Vaidyanathan is one such
heart-wrenching tale of medical negligence. With hopes of embracing motherhood, when Sandhya went to a private hospital in the city to get a simple
fertility test done, little did know what
was in store for her. The negligence by
her doctors cost her a part of her ovary
apart from quashing her hopes of being
a mother.
However, Sandhya was determined
not to take it lying down. She started an
online petition, seeking support to bring
her perpetrators to task.
“I’m 29 years old and I love and adore
children. My husband and I never wanted to wait to start a family... (but) my
dreams were shattered because of the
negligence of the doctors who played
with my life. I lost healthy reproductive
organs because Dr Uma Maheshwari
(Cloud Nine hospitals - supposed to be
one of the best for birthing and fertility in Bangalore) and Dr Suman Singh
(Manasi clinic - BTM layout) decided
to goof up during minor procedures that
have ruined the best years of my life,”
reads her petition.
She elaborates: “In May 2013, I was
asked by my then gynaec (Suman Sing