Navi Mumbai, July 3 2026: A woman who was 23 years old and eight months pregnant and her unborn baby died after she got very sick from injections she got at the Rajmata Jijau Municipal Hospital in Airoli. This hospital is run by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation. People are saying that the hospital did not take care of her. The family of the woman and some political workers are protesting. The civic body is also looking into this matter seriously.
The woman who died was named Sonam Karan Dongre. She went to the hospital on June 30 to get checked because she was pregnant. Another woman who was pregnant Richa Mishra was also at the hospital. Got sick after she got some treatment. The people in charge of the hospital said that both women got an injection and then they got very sick after they got an injection on July 1. Dongre died after she was taken to another hospital to get care. Mishra is now at Fortis Hospital. She is getting better.
The family says the hospital was slow to help.
Dongre’s husband, Karan Dongre said that he and his wife went to the hospital for a check-up. The doctors told them that she should stay in the hospital. He said that his wife got very sick soon after she got the injection between noon and 1 pm on July 1.
The family is saying that the hospital did not tell them what was wrong with her. They also did not let them take her to another hospital away. The family says that the hospital staff kept telling them that everything was okay even when she was getting sicker. The people looking into this matter will check if these things are true.
Dongre was taken to the NMMC Public Hospital in Vashi. She died within an hour. Her family did not want to take her body at first. They wanted the hospital to do a check to see what happened to her. The hospital sent her body to JJ Hospital to do this check. The family wants the people who took care of her to be punished.
The Hospital Is Looking Into The Injections
The NMMC has stopped using the injections that Dongre and Mishra got. They are doing this in case something was wrong with the injections. The hospital has sent the injections to the Food and Drug Administration to check if they are safe. The people checking the injections said that they were not expired.
The injection that is being looked at is called Dexamethasone. This is a medicine that doctors give to women who are going to have a baby soon. It helps the babys lungs get stronger. The people looking into this matter want to know if the hospital gave her the amount of medicine. They also want to know if the hospital helped her enough when she got sick.
Mishra got sick after she got the injection. Her family is saying that the hospital did not take care of her. The hospital has said that she is getting better now that she is at a hospital.
The Doctor Is In Trouble
The NMMC Commissioner, Kailas Shinde has started a serious investigation. He has a team of people looking into this matter. This team includes doctors from JJ Hospital and people from the Navi Mumbai Gynaecological Society. They will look at all the papers from the hospital. Talk to the people who took care of Dongre. They will give a report in 15 days.
The hospital has suspended a doctor named Bhavana Pagare. The hospital said that it looks like the doctor did not take care of Dongre. The doctor will not be working until the investigation is finished.
People Are Protesting
The family of Dongre and some political workers are protesting outside the hospital. They want the people who took care of Dongre to be punished. They also want the hospital to give them some money because of what happened. They are asking for a check of all the health services, at the hospital.
This incident has made people worried about the care that women get when they are having babies at hospitals. The investigation will help figure out what happened to Dongre and her baby.
