After being administered a pain killer injection to provide temporary relief from the pain, a four-month-old baby died at a city hospital in Delhi.
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‘A four-month-old baby died after doctors administered some pain killer to provide temporary relief. The family was told that it was a case of medicine reaction and nothing could be done about it.’
They were informed that the doctors were planning to put a stitch to treat the cut, and the family agreed. Accordingly, a minor surgery was performed and the baby was given back to the mother. However, as the baby kept crying for about half an hour, doctors were informed.
"The doctors took the baby away and administered some pain killer following which he became completely silent. We got afraid to see him completely silent and without any motion," Manish Kumar, uncle of the deceased told IANS.
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"After checking, they immediately rushed him to the ICU where he was kept for nearly one hour. After one hour, the doctors came out and informed that the baby had died due to medicine reaction," said Kumar.
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District magistrate has directed IAS officer to probe the incident and submit a report at the earliest. Staff in charge of supply of oxygen at the ICU was suspended.
District magistrate has directed IAS officer to probe the incident and submit a report at the earliest. Staff in charge of supply of oxygen at the ICU was suspended.
The family filed a police complaint against the hospital and the doctors involved in the treatment of the baby.
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The doctors performed a surgery and she was later discharged from the hospital. But her stitches re-opened many a times, forcing her to visit the hospital thrice.
The doctors performed a surgery and she was later discharged from the hospital. But her stitches re-opened many a times, forcing her to visit the hospital thrice.
Source-IANS
