Prateek Tanmay
3 min readJaipurUpdated: Jun 9, 2026 11:35 PM IST
The Health Department has sought a detailed report from Prince Bijay Singh Memorial (PBM) Hospital in Rajasthan’s Bikaner after four women who recently gave birth are undergoing treatment there for serious health complications, raising fresh concerns weeks after several women died after giving birth at government hospitals in Kota.
The Rajasthan government has, however, maintained that the Bikaner cases are unrelated to the Kota incident. Health Minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar on Tuesday said the women in Bikaner were admitted at different times and had varying medical conditions.
“Four patients are in serious condition. [One of them] is on ventilator support, but she had pre-existing kidney problems and was admitted to the hospital on May 15 due to complications before delivery. Unlike Kota, where all the affected women had undergone Caesarean sections, two of the Bikaner patients had normal deliveries. We are gathering more information, but at present there is no indication that the two incidents are linked,” Khimsar said.
The minister added that he has directed officials to ensure the best possible treatment for all patients and ordered a detailed medical and administrative inquiry into each case.
The women were admitted to the hospital between May 15 and June 3.
PBM Hospital Superintendent Dr B S Ghiya said an investigation team has been constituted to examine the cases. “The patients were admitted on different dates, and two had delivered outside the hospital. One woman, who had a normal delivery, developed reduced urine output, but her condition has improved, and she may be discharged soon. Three others are undergoing dialysis due to kidney-related complications and are being closely monitored,” he said.
The Health Department also pointed out that PBM Hospital is a tertiary referral centre that receives complicated and critical cases from across the region. According to officials, one of the women was suffering from severe eclampsia — a serious pregnancy-related condition — and remains critical.
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Meanwhile, authorities in Kota are still awaiting conclusive findings into the postpartum deaths of five women reported in May. Kota Medical College Principal Dr Nilesh Jain said four inquiry committees have ruled out human error or negligence, but the possibility of infection has not been ruled out.
“The source of infection, if any, could be the operation theatre, intravenous cannula or other factors. Reports related to medicines have been received, while findings regarding medical equipment are still awaited,” Jain said.
