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Angry at pregnant wife's death, husband kills doctor

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Tuticorin (TN), Jan 4: Irked by the death of his pregnant wife due to alleged negligence during an operation by a woman surgeon at the government medical college hospital here, her husband murdered her at her clinic, police said.

They said the six month pregnant woman was brought to the clinic in a serious condition on December 30 after she complained of stomach pain. She developed some complications, following which she was taken to another hospital, but died en route. [Read: Hacked TN doc was anesthetist; operated on pregnant woman]

The husband, angered by her death, went to her clinic at around 10.30 PM on December 31 and hacked her to death while his three accomplices waited outside, police said.

All the four were arrested soon after government and private doctors here staged a protest yesterday, they said. The Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association (TNGDA) has announced a state-wide strike today, while the state branch of Indian Medical Association has called for it tommorrow. Both associations said emergency medical services would not be disrupted.

PTI

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