Seven year old died due to alleged medical negligence case filed against hospital management

Pramesh S Jain 

The SR Nagar police have registered a case of medical negligence against a private hospital after a seven-year-old boy died allegedly due to overdose of Anesthesia .

The boy according to the police identified as Adan Micheal was admitted to the hospital for a surgery after he complained on throat pain while eating food.

The doctor after consultation had advised a surgery and on Wednesday he was admitted .

The boy was administered anesthesia and the parents complained that it was overdose for which he developed complications and succumbed.

The doctors tried to revive him and delayed informing the parents about the death.They also allegedly tried to shift the blame that the death was due to cardiac problem, the parents alleged .

Soon the parents and relatives protested at the hospital following which the doctors escaped.They later filed a complaint with the police who shifted the body to victoria hospital for post-mortem.

The police are waiting post-mortem report to initiate further action.