Tension erupted at Chatta Community Health Centre (CHC) on Saturday after death of a four-and-a-half-year old due to the faulty treatment and negligence of doctor.
The locals with the help of the family members of the deceased child staged a dharana in front of the Chatta CHC by keeping the body in front of the hospital, demanding transfer of the errant doctor and compensation of `5 lakh.
According to Derabish tehsildar Sumitra Patnaik, deceased Smrutiranjan Behera, who suffered from asthma, was son of Harekrushna Behera of Oldhi village. He was admitted to hospital on Saturday.
Dr Raghunath Ojha, the Ayush doctor, attended the sick child and prescribed injection and medicines. When the child was administered injection, he became critical for which the doctor referred him to the District Headquarters Hospital for treatment. But the child was received dead at the DHH.
later, the irate family members gheraoed the CHC by locking the gate and staged a dharana in front of the CHC, whereas some locals supporting them too staged a road blockade at Chatta Chowk on NH-5(A).
Acting on the information, tehsildar Patnaik, IIC Niranjan Sabar, Sub Collector Kanhu Dhir and CDMO Niranjan Swain rushed to the spot and pacified the agitators. CDMO Swain assured the agitators of taking action on their demands.