- By Nidhi Giri
- Tue, 09 Sep 2025 03:51 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Assam News: A senior physician has been served a show-cause notice by the Morigaon additional district commissioner for performing 21 C-section (cesarean) operations within ten hours, raising concerns about the safety with which the procedures were carried out and the care of mothers and newborns.
The notice has been issued to senior gynaecologist Dr Kantheswar Bordoloi. He is also the senior medical and health officer at Morigaon Civil Hospital.
Dr Kantheswar Bordoloi carried out 21 emergency lower segment caesarean section (LSCS) deliveries within ten hours. All these were done between 3:40 pm on September 5 and 1:50 am on September 6, as per the notice.
Dr Bordoloi has been asked to furnish details of each case and state whether standard operating procedures (SOPs) were followed. He has also been asked to state the duties of the assisting staff, give details of patients admitted to the Sick Neonatal Care Unit (SNCU).
“This raises a few serious concerns and hence, in this regard, you are hereby directed to submit a comprehensive report for each of the above-mentioned cases,” the ADC wrote in the notice, as per a Hindustan Times report.
“Such detailed documentation is imperative for strengthening infection control protocols and for preventing maternal and infant morbidity and mortality,” the notice added.
Dr Bordoloi, however, claimed that he was competent to carry out these surgeries.
“What I have done is nothing unusual, and other doctors also perform many surgeries at such a pace. Perhaps someone complained against me,” he told the media, as per the report.
“Though this is not a big deal, it is frustrating to face such questions after so many years of service,” he said.
