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Hamesha Khatun of Indrapur-5 is now undergoing treatment at Koshi Zonal Hospital after AHW of Primary Health Center Haraincha Madhav Prasad Regmi gave her medicines to restart menstruation diagnosing that she didn´t have a baby in her womb.[break]
Manaslu Hospital of Birat Chowk had diagnosed her around a month ago that she was pregnant. But when she visited Regmi´s clinic Sita Medical Hall in Birat Chowk with complaints of loss of appetite on Monday, AHW Regmi diagnosed that she was not pregnant and gave her medications. Hamesha, 28, bled throughout Monday night and was taken to Koshi Zonal Hospital in Biratnagar.
“She has had profuse bleeding and is on drip. She is writhing with pain in stomach, limbs and is also suffering from nausea,” Hamesha´s mother-in-law Halima said. The medicines that AHW Regmi had prescribed is not clear but he insists he had given her medicines to boost blood formation and folic acid.
“He had given two types of tablets,” Hamesha said from the hospital bed. “I lost the child when I went to toilet immediately after taking the medicine and have been bleeding profusely since then,” the mother of two sons and two daughters added.
The Khatuns claimed that she didn´t have any problem with uterus and had just lost her appetite. The family that depends on daily wages for subsistence is now worried that she may be significantly weakened after this incident. “It must be a big problem judging by the profuse bleeding,” Hamesha´s husband Mohammad Rafique stated.
Gynecologist at Koshi Zonal Hospital Dr Yogendra Mishra giving updates on Hamesha´s health said that the bleeding will continue for a few more days. “She is out of danger but she will be bleeding every now and then,” Dr Mishra said. He added that the medicines that AHW Regmi claimed he prescribed don´t lead to abortion and said the prescribed medicines have not been identified yet.
AHW Regmi, on his part, said that the pregnancy tests may not give accurate results sometimes but refused to admit his mistake.
“This is our private matter and doesn´t need to be published in the media,” he confronted this scribe at the hospital ward where Hamesha is being treated.
Regmi is also putting pressure on the Khatuns, who had approached Area Police Office, Belbari, to lodge an attempted murder case, to not register a formal complaint. “Regmi has been gathering influential villagers and asking us to resolve the issue amicably,” a relative said.
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