The Health department has suspended one staff nurse and sacked two temporary doctors after they were found to be responsible for transfusing wrong blood to a pregnant woman at Government Women and Children Hospital at Ponnani.
The action against three hospital staff was taken on Saturday on the basis of a report submitted by District Medical Officer R. Renuka. She said the two doctors and the nurse on duty at the time were responsible for the mistake.
Ruksana, a 26-year-old pregnant woman from Palappetty, was admitted at the hospital last week with extremely low level of haemoglobin. Doctors at the hospital suggested her blood transfusion because of her anaemic condition.
