An indictment was brought against a gynecologist from Sremska Mitrovica, accused of obstetric violence in the case of pregnant Marica Mihajlović, whose newborn baby died.
Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Sremska Mitrovica filed an indictment against doctor MM whom the patient accused of obstetric violence during childbirth and the death of the baby.
Marica Mihajlović from Sremska Mitrovica announced in January 2024 that she experienced obstetric violence during childbirth, after which her baby died.
The indictment against the gynecologist was filed on October 15 for three criminal offenses - a serious offense against human health, negligent provision of medical care and abuse and torture, writes Radio Free Europe.
The doctor against whom the indictment was brought was previously removed from work until the final conclusion of the proceedings against him in the General Hospital in Sremska Mitrovica.
Doctor MM was arrested on January 19 on suspicion of having committed a serious crime against people's health.
He was released from detention after six months, because the prosecutor's office had not filed an indictment until then.
After Marica Mihajlović's public appearance, numerous women in Serbia began to publish their experiences during childbirth on social networks.
The Ministry of Health appealed to them to officially report their experiences to the competent institutions.
How did the baby die?
Marica Mihajlović told in detail what happened on January 12 when she lost her baby after a miscarriage.
"I was admitted on January 11 because I was seven days past my due date. However, on January 12, I had a gynecological examination where I was told that the amniotic fluid was cloudy and they sent me to the hall to prepare me for childbirth. At half past seven, my induction was started. "The midwives were there and they saw that the baby was high, but I opened very slowly," she said.
Around half past four they came to tell her that the doctor would come to perform a caesarean section at five o'clock, but he didn't come until after six and decided not to perform a caesarean section after all, but to go ahead with everything.
"As time went on, he saw that I could not give birth naturally, the nurses begged him to do a caesarean section, but he refused," claims Mihajlovic.
She started to lose strength, they gave her oxygen and she lost consciousness.
"It was already too late, the baby got stuck in the pelvis." From that strong pressure, bubbles formed on her lungs, she swallowed meconium with amniotic fluid. "She was able to take oxygen, but she could not breathe out at all, she simply lost her air and her heart stopped," explained the woman in labor.
The baby was born without a pulse around 11 a.m., Mihajlovic said, adding that they managed to "bring the baby back to life a little."
"The whole hall heard me cry"
"Doctors from Novi Sad came, the baby was on machines. I saw the baby there and in the end they took her away, but in the morning they reported that she had passed away," said Mihajlovic.
She emphasized that the doctor did not want to communicate with her during the delivery.
"The whole hall heard me crying and begging him to help me, to take the baby out, to save her." However, he refused. "In the end, when he realized his mistake and saw what he had done, he started jumping on my stomach, insulting me on a national basis, hitting me, squeezing my jaw," she said.
When she left the hospital, the nurse told her to remember the doctor's name well and that all the midwives who were in that room would confirm what he did to her - how he tortured her and violently gave birth.
"We haven't received the papers from the autopsy yet, as soon as the findings arrive we will immediately file a complaint," Mihajlovic said at the time. "After my post, many women contacted me and shared their horrible experiences with the same doctor."
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