Mangalore, October 10: The management of city based SCS Hospital – which witnessed chaos in the morning after the death of a 19-year-old girl due to the alleged negligence on part of a doctor – finally struck a deal with the family members of the deceased, by declaring a compensation of Rs 1 lakh apart from nullifying all the hospital bills.
A large number of relatives and neighbours of the deceased had gheroed the hospital for several hours demanding that Dr Shubhakar Bhandari, who led the 'unsuccessful surgery' to remove the appendix of the girl, 'must admit his blunder in public'.
However, Dr Bhanadari, who was called by the hospital authorities amidst pressure from the angry mob, stated that there were several other doctors present during the surgery and no one among them had pointed any mistake.
Brushing aside the negligence allegation he said “I have 31 years of experience in this field and I cannot commit such a blunder in a surgery.”
“Zabeena was suffering from severe appendicitis, while she was brought to the hospital last week. Five surgeons had taken part in the crucial surgery including me. Moreover, I had taken personal interest to arrange emergence blood for the patient from outside, with the sole intention of saving her”, he said adding that despite all the effort she breathed her last.
However, Dr Jeevaraj Sorake, the Managing director of the SCS hospital, who handled things smoothly, held a meeting with family members of the victims in the presence of Dr Bhandari, pledged to provide a compensation of Rs 1 lakh apart from writing off Rs 80,000 hospital bill.
Zabeena, daughter of late T Husain and B Fathima couple, from Thokur House Addoor, breathed her last in the morning after she reportedly underwent two unsuccessful surgeries for the removal of her appendix. She was the fourth daughter among the 11 children of her parents.
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