A doctor has been arrested in India following the deaths of at least 12 women who underwent surgery as part of a government-run sterilisation programme, a senior medical official said.
The cause of the deaths was not immediately clear, but officials said the victims showed signs of toxic shock, possibly because of dirty surgical equipment or contaminated medicines.
A doctor has been arrested in India following the deaths of at least 12 women who underwent surgery as part of a government-run sterilisation programme, The Times of India reported.
Dr RK Gupta and his assistant carried out tubectomies on 83 women at a sterilisation camp in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
Police have accused Gupta of causing death by negligence and filed a case against him in the district of Bilaspur.
Dr RK Gupta has said his supply of post-op drugs was contaminated after being arrested for the deaths of 13 women in a mass sterilisation.
Women who survived a botched mass sterilisation in India which left 12 others dead have told ITV News what they think went wrong.
Eleven women have been killed and others are in a critical condition in India after sterilisation operations were apparently botched.