BENGALURU: A doctor and three nurses of the Tumakuru District Hospital in Karnataka hospital were suspended after a woman and her twin babies died due to their negligence. The hospital had denied treatment to the pregnant woman.

The deceased woman has been identified as Tamil Nadu native Kasturi, who lived with her six-year-old daughter. Her husband passed away a month ago.

Kasturi was sent by the local residents along with an old woman, who was her neighbour to the district hospital after she developed labour pain on Wednesday night.

But it has been alleged that the mother was sent back from the hospital on the grounds that she did not have the "mother health card".

It is being said that the children and the mother died because the doctor neglected to treat them despite asking for help.

Apart from this, it has also been alleged that they told the woman to get treatment at the Victoria Hospital in Bangalore instead of treating her. However, she returned home as had no money.

On Thursday morning, while delivering the babies due to severe blood loss the woman died along with the newborns. Sources said that the deceased woman gave birth to twin boys.

Locals have alleged that the Tumkur District Hospital doctor is responsible for the death of the pregnant woman and her two children.

Following this, District Health Officer (DHO) Manjunath visited the incident site and suspended the guilty doctor and nurses.

Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar also visited the district hospital on Thursday.