Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 9 (IANS) The family of a 26-year-old woman, who died while undergoing treatment at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital (MCH), has accused the SAT Hospital for Women and Children of medical negligence, saying that she contracted a severe infection following childbirth.

The deceased, Shivapriya, a native of Karikkakam, had delivered her second child, a baby boy, through a normal delivery at SAT Hospital on October 22.

She was discharged on October 25, three days after delivery.

However, soon after returning home, she developed a fever and other symptoms and was rushed back to the hospital the next day.

According to her brother Shivaprasad, Shivapriya’s condition deteriorated rapidly.

“She was shifted to the multi-speciality wing of the Medical College

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