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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January 28,2020

Nagpur, Jan 28: A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped and an iron rod was inserted in her private parts by a man in the Pardi area here, police said on Monday.

The gruesome incident took place on January 21 and the accused, Yogilal Rahangdale (52), was arrested from Gondia district, they said.

The accused was working as a supervisor in a spinning mill where the woman was employed as a labourer, the police said.

The woman, her brother, the accused and another girl lived in rented accommodations in Pardi.

Inspector Sunil Chavan of the Pardi police station said that the woman's brother and her female friend had gone to their village on January 21 for some work.

As the woman was alone at home, Rahangdale attempted to rape her in the night. When she resisted, he stuffed a piece of cloth in her mouth, he said.

When she fell unconscious, the accused raped her and inserted an iron rod in her private parts, Chavan said, quoting from the complaint filed by the victim.

She narrated the incident to her brother on January 24 and they subsequently lodged a complaint with the police.

An offence was registered against the accused at the Pardi police station.

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July 2,2020

Tuticorin, Jul 2: The Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department (CBCID) of Tamil Nadu police have arrested five policemen working in Sathankulam police station in Tuticorin district for the murder of P. Jeyaraj and his son J. Bennicks, officials said.

The CBCID also altered the first information report (FIR) registered on the death of Jeyaraj and Bennicks as a murder case from the earlier charge of suspicious death.

The five arrested policemen are: Inspector Sridhar, Sub-Inspectors Balakrishnan and Raghu Ganesh, Head Constable Murugan and Constable Muthuraj.

Ganesh was remanded to custody till July 16 on late Wednesday.

According to Inspector General CBCID Shankar, 12 teams have been formed to carry out the probe into the custodial death of father and son Jeyaraj and Bennicks.

Jeyaraj and Bennicks had been booked for not closing their mobile shop in time on June 19 by the Sathankulam police. They were sent to judicial custody and lodged in Kovilpatti jail on June 21.

Jeyaraj died on June 22 night and Bennicks on June 23 morning in judicial custody, allegedly due to the police torture.

The Madras High Court Bench in Madurai which took up the case suo moto had said there was prima facie evidence to register a murder case against the Sathankulam police officials.

The Kovilpatti Judicial Magistrate M.S. Bharathidasan who was asked to inquire into the case of brutal torture of AJeyaraj and his son Bennicks by the Sathankulam police on June 19 and their subsequent deaths had submitted is report to the High Court.

A woman police constable Revathy, at the Sathankulam police station, in her deposition before Bharathidasan had said that Jeyaraj and Bennicks were beaten with batons throughout the June 19 night.

According to Bharathidasan's report, Revathy also said the victims' blood stains were on the batons of the station police officials and on tables.

She said the batons and the tables should be secured so that the evidence is not lost, the report stated.

Expressing fear that she may be targeted later, Revathy was initially reluctant to sign a printout of her statement but later on being assured of her safety she signed the document.

The court also transferred the probe into the deaths of Jeyaraj and Bennicks to the Crime Branch Crime Investigation Department (CBCID) to gather and protect the evidence till the case is handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The High Court has initiated criminal contempt cases against three police officials - Additional Superintendent of Police Kumar, Deputy Superintendent of Police Prathapan and constable Maharajan - for their behaviour at the Sathankulam police station in front of Magistrate Bharathidasan.

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February 20,2020

Nagpur, Feb 19: The Central Bureau of Investigation said that it has arrested a former employee of Union Carbide Bhopal, who was absconding since 2016.

A senior CBI official said on Wednesday that the agency sleuths arrested S I Qureshi from Maharashtra’s Nagpur on Tuesday, who was convicted by a local court here in connection with the Bhopal gas tragedy case.

The official further said that he had been absconding since 2016.

He added that the convict would be produced in a district court.

On December 3, 1984, forty tonnes of methyl isocyanate leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide factory and settled over slums in Bhopal

A Bhopal court convicted eight people in 2010 to two years each in jail over the gas plant leak that killed thousands of people.

The eight convicted included the Chairman of the Indian arm of the Union Carbide (UCIL) Keshub Mahindra, Managing Director V P Gokhale, Vice-president Kishore Kamdar, Works Manager J Mukund, Production manager S P Chowdhury, Plant superintendent K V Shetty and Production Assistant Qureshi.

The CBI had taken over the Bhopal gas tragedy case on December 12, 1984.

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