The patient, Nasrin Khatoon, died at the state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata, where she was being treated since January.
Four months after a woman was allegedly administered expired saline at a hospital in Paschim Medinipur district rendering her critically ill, she died in a medical establishment in Kolkata on Monday, a health department official said.
The patient, Nasrin Khatoon, died at the state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata, where she was being treated since January.
Khatoon was allegedly administered the “expired” intravenous fluid at the Midnapore Medical College and Hospital in January when she was in an advanced stage of pregnancy.
Another pregnant woman, identified as Mamoni Rui Das, died allegedly following administration of “expired” Ringer’s Lactate saline at the same hospital in January.
Ringer’s Lactate is an intravenous fluid that doctors use to treat dehydration and restore fluid balance in the body.
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