Itanagar, May 11 -- The Gauhati High Court has held the Arunachal Pradesh government responsible for the death of woman, who died due to medical negligence and the absence of a blood bank at the district hospital at Roing in Arunachal Pradesh's Lower Dibang Valley district.

Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak's court directed the state's health department to pay Rs 2.5 lakh in compensation to woman's family.

Miti Mega passed away in 2015 due to severe bleeding and the unavailability of blood after giving birth to a baby boy at the Roing hospital. Her mother-in-law, Junaki Mega, filed a petition in the Gauhati High Court seeking justice.

The court order read, "The petitioner submitted that, had there been a blood bank in the district hospital ...