See India's bicycle pump sterilisation surgery
1,498 views · Published 4 December 2014 · 1:31 · Indexed 26 October 2026
Channel: vyganews com · 2014 · Entertainment
An Indian state has halted mass sterilisations at health camps after a doctor was found using a bicycle pump to inflate women's abdomens. Dr Mahesh Chandra Rout, who used a pump on 56 women last Friday, told the reporters, pumps were regularly used in Orissa. State officials said carbon dioxide should be used for the procedure, and using pumps could be dangerous. Last month, a separate scandal erupted over sterilisations when 15 women died after operations in another state. Reports that Dr Rout had used a bicycle pump to inflate the abdomen of women patients have sparked outrage since news emerged at the weekend. During sterilisation surgery, the patient's abdomen needs to be inflated to create a space in which the surgeon can manoeuvre the instruments. State officials said the use of atmospheric air, rather than controlled procedures using carbon dioxide, might lead to a range of health problems.
