Medical negligence blamed for girl's death

October 7, 2013

Medical_negligenceBangalore, Oct 7: Parents of a 11-year-old-girl, Chandini, who died at a private polyclinic in Annasandrapalya on Saturday night, have alleged that their daughter was the victim of medical negligence.

Babu, the father of the deceased girl, said that his daughter had suffered an accidental fall two years ago. She was treated at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health for serious head injuries. However, after this incident, Chandini started to suffer epileptic seizures for which she was under medication. She had discontinued her education since then.

On Thursday, Chandini began to suffer seizures again — after a gap of two years.

The family immediately rushed her to the nearby Healthcare Polyclinic in Islampura. Dr Mohammed Haneef Pasha, who runs the polyclinic, suggested an immediate CT scan.

“He said he could save my daughter and estimated that the entire treatment would cost about Rs 25,000. I immediately paid him Rs 10,000 for the CT scan. He said the scan showed a brain haemorrhage and the girl should be given injections which cost Rs 1,500 per dose. In this way, he fleeced another Rs 10,000 from me. I don’t know what injection he gave her,” Babu said.

Shaheeda, Chandini’s mother, said her daughter’s health worsened on Saturday afternoon, forcing them to rush her back to the polyclinic. She said Pasha immediately put her on an IV. “However, she developed high fever and began shivering from cold,” Shaheeda added.

According to Babu, Chandini pleaded with him to take her home. Pasha, however, made Babu sit with the girl, while he went out to buy an injection.

Shaheeda said Chandini became unconscious after Pasha administered the injection. She said the doctor looked pensive and advised them to take the girl to Manipal Hospital. He promised to follow the family to the hospital on his bike, but did not. Chandini was declared dead on arrival at Manipal Hospital on Saturday night.

Police complaint

HAL police have registered a case of death due to negligence under Section 304A?of IPC against the doctor, following a complaint by the parents. Pasha is absconding, police said.

An autopsy was conducted at Bowring Hospital on Sunday morning and the body handed over to the family. A senior official with the HAL police said that prima facie, it appears that the death could have occurred due to an overdose.

He added that they would place the autopsy report and all medical records, including medicine administered by Pasha, before the Medical Council — as is the norm in medical negligence cases. The viscera of the deceased has been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory for further study.

Payoff

Meanwhile, Babu said that several of Pasha’s relatives have approached him in an attempt to broker a compromise. He claims to have been offered Rs 50,000 to drop the case. However, he has decided to continue with the case. Babu is a pushcart vegetable vendor.

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Medical negligence blamed for girl's death

Parents of a 11-year-old-girl, Chandini, who died at a private polyclinic in Annasandrapalya on Saturday night, have alleged that their daughter was the victim of medical negligence.

Babu, the father of the deceased girl, said that his daughter had suffered an accidental fall two years ago. She was treated at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health for serious head injuries. However, after this incident, Chandini started to suffer epileptic seizures for which she was under medication. She had discontinued her education since then.

On Thursday, Chandini began to suffer seizures again — after a gap of two years.

The family immediately rushed her to the nearby Healthcare Polyclinic in Islampura. Dr Mohammed Haneef Pasha, who runs the polyclinic, suggested an immediate CT scan.

“He said he could save my daughter and estimated that the entire treatment would cost about Rs 25,000. I immediately paid him Rs 10,000 for the CT scan. He said the scan showed a brain haemorrhage and the girl should be given injections which cost Rs 1,500 per dose. In this way, he fleeced another Rs 10,000 from me. I don’t know what injection he gave her,” Babu said.

Shaheeda, Chandini’s mother, said her daughter’s health worsened on Saturday afternoon, forcing them to rush her back to the polyclinic. She said Pasha immediately put her on an IV. “However, she developed high fever and began shivering from cold,” Shaheeda added.

According to Babu, Chandini pleaded with him to take her home. Pasha, however, made Babu sit with the girl, while he went out to buy an injection.

Shaheeda said Chandini became unconscious after Pasha administered the injection. She said the doctor looked pensive and advised them to take the girl to Manipal Hospital. He promised to follow the family to the hospital on his bike, but did not. Chandini was declared dead on arrival at Manipal Hospital on Saturday night.

Police complaint

HAL police have registered a case of death due to negligence under Section 304A?of IPC against the doctor, following a complaint by the parents. Pasha is absconding, police said.

An autopsy was conducted at Bowring Hospital on Sunday morning and the body handed over to the family. A senior official with the HAL police said that prima facie, it appears that the death could have occurred due to an overdose.

He added that they would place the autopsy report and all medical records, including medicine administered by Pasha, before the Medical Council — as is the norm in medical negligence cases. The viscera of the deceased has been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory for further study.

Payoff

Meanwhile, Babu said that several of Pasha’s relatives have approached him in an attempt to broker a compromise. He claims to have been offered Rs 50,000 to drop the case. However, he has decided to continue with the case. Babu is a pushcart vegetable vendor.

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Bengaluru, May 6: Central Crime Branch Police have nabbed 71 people involved in various crimes taking advantage of Lock-down which prevents movement of people in the street and seized stolen properties worth about Rs 1.70 crore, official said on Wednesday.

Police said that in all 56 cases were booked. In all 17,312 duplicate Sanitisers, 2000 lts of Chemicals, 18,750 fake Masks, 270 Thermometers and two cars were seized from the arrested culprits.

During the raid godowns where rice and dal meant for free distribution during lock-down were robbed and stored were also seized.

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July 15,2020

Mumbai, Jul 15: A domestic row between a couple spilled onto road when a woman stopped her husbands car and climbed on its bonnet, briefly disrupting traffic on the busy Pedder Road in South Mumbai, police said on Wednesday.

The incident, which took place on Saturday evening, was recorded by some passersby on their mobile phones and its videos are making rounds on social media.

The wife chased the husband's SUV (sports utility vehicle) in her car after she spotted another woman seated next to him in his vehicle.

As her husband's SUV stopped at the Pedder Road signal, the wife get down from her car, rushed towards his four-wheeler and started shouting at him, a police official said.

In the video, the woman is seen climbing the bonnet of the SUV, removing her footwear and hitting the vehicle's windshield with it. She is also seen asking the husband's co- passenger to get out of the SUV and shouting for police help.

As she stopped her car in the middle of the busy road, one lane got blocked for some time and the traffic police personnel present there tried to ensure movement of other vehicles, the official said.

After sometime, the traffic police asked the couple to take their cars near the footpath.

By that time, the husband stepped out of his SUV, following which the wife ran towards him and caught him. She even kicked him a couple of times and took him to her car, the video shows.

She then again ran towards her husband's SUV, which was parked a few metres away. She opened its driver-side door and lunged at the woman seated in the vehicle, but was stopped by some people who had gathered at the spot, the police official said.

Later, the couple and their cars were taken to Gamdevi police station, where the wife refused to lodge a complaint against her husband.

A fine was imposed on her for traffic rules violation and abandoning her car in the middle of the road, which caused disruption of vehicular movement, the official said.

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July 31,2020

Amaravati, Jul 31: Nine people have died after allegedly consuming sanitiser in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh today, the police said.

Prakasam district Superintendent of Police Siddharth Kaushal said the people had been consuming sanitiser for the past few days, mixing it with water and soft drinks.

"We are also investigating whether they laced the sanitiser with any other toxic substances," the official said.

"Their family members say these people have been consuming sanitiser for the past ten days. We are sending the sanitiser stocks, being sold in the area, for examination," he added.

Kurichedu in Prakasam district has been under lockdown due to rise in coronavirus cases and hence, liquor shops have also been shut since the past few days.

Habitual drinkers were said to be consuming sanitisers that have alcohol content, apart from illicitly distilled arrack.

The police said two beggars near a temple were the first to fall victim on Thursday night. While one of them was found dead at the spot, another died in the government hospital in Darsi town, they said.

A third person was also taken to the Darsi hospital late on Thursday night after he fell unconscious but he was declared brought dead. Six others who fell ill after allegedly consuming sanitiser, died this morning.

Others who fell ill after consuming sanitiser are undergoing treatment at their residences in the village, the police added.

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