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Kidney Crisis: C-section Moms Seek Euthanasia After Dialysis Ordeal
15 Jul
Summary
- Five women suffer kidney infections post-C-section, now require dialysis.
- Families seek euthanasia permission due to ongoing suffering and financial ruin.
- Hospital claims patients are stable for discharge, offering outpatient dialysis.
Five new mothers at Kota's New Medical College Hospital are enduring a harrowing ordeal of kidney infections and constant dialysis after undergoing C-section deliveries. What was meant to be a short hospital stay has devolved into a fight for survival, with families facing financial ruin and immense emotional distress.
These women have undergone 32 rounds of dialysis over 68 days. Their desperation led them to write to the President of India on July 15, 2026, seeking permission for euthanasia if kidney transplants are not provided. This action followed a lack of response to their earlier appeals to district authorities.
Hospital authorities, however, claim the patients are stable and fit for discharge, suggesting outpatient dialysis. They warn that refusing treatment could lead to toxic waste accumulation. Discussions about kidney transplants are deemed premature by the hospital principal, who stated patients need three to six months of observation for acute renal failure.
One patient's family had to sell their taxi to cover expenses, while another's husband lost his job. The plight of these mothers, trapped in a cycle of dialysis and mounting debt, contrasts sharply with the government's compensation of ₹5 lakh to families of deceased patients. A probe into post-delivery complications in Kota hospitals has been ordered, and substandard drugs have been banned.
