The family members of a woman who succumbed to a rare type of uterine cancer have taken to social media, alleging that it was her gynaecologist’s negligence during a surgery that led to the spread of the cancer and her eventual death.

The deceased patient’s daughter posted on social media that they had gone to Khar-based Women’s Hospital run by Dr Gayatri Rao for laparoscopic removal of her mother’s fibroid. They alleged that their request for a biopsy before the procedure went unheeded. The fibroid was 20 cm long, they said, alleging that the surgery led to “spillage”, which refers to spread of cancerous cells.