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Family alleges negligence after woman dies following surgery in Kozhikode
A 49-year-old woman from Vadakara died after surgery at Government Medical College Hospital in Kozhikode, Kerala.
Thankamani was admitted on October 5 and had surgery to remove her uterus three days later.
After she was moved to a ward, her relatives said she developed a fever and vomited blood.
A scan reportedly showed an injury to her intestine, and doctors performed another operation on October 11.
Her relatives have accused the hospital authorities of medical negligence, but the account does not say that negligence has been established.
Police registered an unnatural-death case after the family filed a complaint.
The hospital has also launched an internal inquiry, and the sources do not state what its findings will be.
The family of Thankamani, a 49-year-old woman from Vadakara, has accused Kozhikode Government Medical College Hospital authorities of medical negligence.
Thankamani died on October 12 after complications following surgery to remove her uterus.
Her relatives said a scan revealed an intestinal injury after she developed a fever and vomited blood.
She underwent another surgery on October 11, but her condition deteriorated, according to the report.
Police filed an unnatural-death case based on the family’s complaint, and the hospital began an internal inquiry.
- Who
- Thankamani, 49, and her relatives; the family accused the hospital authorities of negligence.
- What
- Thankamani died after complications following uterus removal surgery. Police filed an unnatural-death case.
- When
- She died on October 12, 2026.
- Where
- Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, including its Institute of Maternal and Child Health.
- Why
- Her relatives allege medical negligence. The cause of the complications is not established in the report.
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Thankamani was admitted to Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode.
She underwent uterus removal surgery at the hospital’s Institute of Maternal and Child Health.
She was shifted to a ward.
Her relatives said she developed a fever and began vomiting blood.
She underwent another surgery after a scan reportedly revealed an intestinal injury.
Thankamani died after her condition deteriorated.
- Patient
- Thankamani, 49
- Hometown
- Vadakara
- Hospital
- Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode
- Admission
- October 5, 2026
- Uterus removal surgery
- October 8, 2026
- Police case
- Unnatural death under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
Sources
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