UP: Woman, Infant Die As School Dropout Quack Performs Surgery

A woman and her newborn baby died in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur district due to medical negligence of a quack. Reportedly, an eighth standard drop-out, hired by an unregistered medical facility, performed a cesarean section using a razor, causing excessive bleeding. The issue surfaced after the deceased’s husband filed an FIR against the hospital. Arresting the hospital owner and the quack, the police has written to the medical authorities to take action against such clinics.