Overview
- Eight women who had caesarean sections at Paota District Hospital later developed serious post‑operative problems with two moved to ICU and receiving dialysis after their conditions worsened on Saturday.
- Patients showed a common pattern of symptoms including heavy bleeding, low blood pressure, suspected septicemia and kidney injury that in some cases progressed to multi‑organ failure.
- Hospital teams closed the operating theatre, collected OT and patient samples, suspended further surgeries and formed inquiry panels while laboratory and culture results are still pending.
- The Paota cases follow clusters in Kota and Bikaner where multiple women developed kidney infections after C‑sections and several have died, prompting state and central medical teams to investigate.
- Families and political leaders have called for independent probes and accountability, and health officials say links across the towns are unconfirmed as investigations continue and test reports are awaited.