Govandi woman alleges Rajawadi Hospital negligence after baby dies in womb

A 33yearold Govandi resident Hira Bhandari has alleged that her baby died due to the negligence of Ghatkopar Eastrsquos Rajawadi hospital According to Bhandari a caesarean section Csection had been advised for August 19 but the staff kept advising her to undergo sonographies until the child was declared dead in her womb a week laterldquoI was time and again told that my baby was doing fine Also if a Csection was advised for August 19 it meant that the baby would be fully developed by then and would need to come out of the womb Then why did they delay Bhandari askedGovandi resident Hira Bhandari who entered the ninth month of her pregnancy in August PicBy Special ArrangementShe further alleged that the hospital just kept doing sonographies one after the other and kept the family in the dark saying the baby was doing fine ldquoOn August 19 after the sonography they sent me back as their OT operation theatre had an electrical problem They told me to return in case of an emergency Why wasnrsquot I referred to any other civic hospital Later every time they told me to come to the hospital they only did a sonography and kept saying the baby was okayrdquolsquoReceived no helprsquoBhandari said that she again approached the hospital on August 24 midnight as she couldnrsquot feel her baby moving ldquoEven that night they just did a sonography and said the baby was doing well Not once did they flag any concerns The staff only told me lsquoOnce the baby becomes big in the abdomen its movements tend to get restrictedrsquo That night they again told me to come two days later on August 26rdquo said the mother of twoThe last dayAfter reaching the hospital on August 26 around 7 am Bhandari was allegedly made to wait till 10 After the 10 am sonography the doctors again told me the baby was fine And one hour later around 11 am when I felt pain in my abdomen they did a sonography again and declared that my baby had died in the wombrdquo she saidShocked by the doctorrsquos statement the entire family asked how this could happen Bhandaris sister Soni Patil said ldquoWhen we asked for answers various doctors gave multiple reasons mdash from a potential imbalance of water in the womb to jaundice No one was taking the matter seriously After we started fighting a few other relatives of other pregnant women also joined us saying they had experienced similar situations a few days ago Finally we approached the Tilak Nagar police station on August 26 But a woman officer made my sisterrsquos motherinlaw leave the police stationrdquoPolice SpeakAsked why a complaint was not taken in writing on the evening of August 26 the API on duty at that time Sarita Manwar said ldquoThe family never approached us on that day We received a call from Rajawadi hospital mentioning that a few relatives had created a ruckus after the death of a baby inside the expectant motherrsquos womb We rushed to the hospital I sat with Ganesh Bhandari Hirarsquos husband counselled him and advised him not to take custody of their childrsquos remains as it would be difficult to conduct an enquiry But he seemed unable to understand anything And no one pushed their relatives out from the police station We asked them to step outside the womenrsquos ward and from the OT premises because there were other pregnant women who were getting exposed to possible infectionrdquoSenior PI Santosh Dhemare on Friday told midday ldquoWe have looked into the matter and asked the hospital to submit documents and reports We also took everyonersquos statement on Thursday We will send all documents to the negligence committee at JJ Hospital and take action as per their recommendationsrdquoHospitalrsquos versionThe Rajawadi hospital admin denied that the OT wasnrsquot functional saying ldquoAll medical facilities need maintenance And if one OT has maintenance works on the other is always made available On August 26 at least five to six Csections were performed Unfortunately when her babyrsquos heartbeats were checked it couldnrsquot not be heard So we did a sonography which is when we understood that the baby had passed awayrdquoTragic turn of eventsNovember 2025 Hira Bhandari approached Rajawadi Hospital when she learnt she was pregnantEarly August 2026 Rajawadi hospital staff told Bhandari to get admitted to undergo a Csection on August 19August 19 Bhandari reached hospital in the morning and underwent a sonography The baby was fine Almost an hour after the sonography she was told the Csection couldnrsquot be performed that dayEarly hours of August 24 She couldnrsquot feel the baby moving inside and approached the hospital She was allegedly sent back home after a sonography and told to return after two daysAugust 26 Bhandari reached the hospital at 7am She allegedly was kept waiting for a sonography for three hours The sonography eventually showed that the baby was healthy But an hour later doctors declared that the baby had died in the womb