A woman who was operated under torchlight at a government hospital in Bihar’s Saharsa district on March 16 died on Thursday. The victim’s family blamed the death on the Saharsa Sadar hospital administration’s “negligence”, a charge which has been denied by the government health facility. While Sharan died on the spot, an injured Devi was taken to the Sadar hospital where the doctors allegedly performed a surgical procedure under torchlight. A video of the procedure being performed under torchlight later surfaced on social media. In the video, it could be seen that a doctor was operating a woman while another woman was holding a torch.

Source: Hindustan Times March 22, 2018 14:15 UTC