Patiala, March 8 -- Police on Friday booked a doctor and her husband, who helped her run a private clinic in Patiala's Bahadurgarh town, for medical negligence after a 24-year-old woman died hours after delivering a baby.

The victim's family members alleged that the victim, Lakhwinder Kaur, had complained of severe pain after delivery. Following this, the family requested the doctor to allow them to take her to Government Rajindra Hospital, a tertiary care institute. But the doctor asked the victim's husband to arrange blood from the blood bank of a private hospital (Vardhman Hospital). By the time he returned, the victim had succumbed.

Based on the family's complaint, the couple, who run Wadi's Hospital, have been booked under Section ...