After making much delay, the local authorities in Balia finally reacted to negligence of the doctors of District Hospital which led to death of a 7-months old infant on Wednesday. They finally get a case of culpable homicide registered under Section 304 of IPC against the doctor, pharmacist and the rickshaw puller on the complaint handed over to them by the family members of the victim.
The family members also demanded a compensation and job to one of their kin and handed over a memorandum in this regard to district magistrate who subsequently forwarded it to state government for necessary action. Rs Rs We have got a case of culpable homicide registered against doctor, pharmacist and the accused who alleged to
have administered injection esulting into child’s death in Balia", disclosed IG (law and Order) RK Vishwakarma here on Thursday evening. He said that if the enquiry conducted by team of doctors send by the government pointed it to be a death due to negligence than legal proceedings will be made against the accused and they will be also arrested in the matter. However, he said that the police already took up the investigation and is recording the statements of the patients as well as other eye-witnesses who were present in the hospital when the child breathed his last.
It may be mentioned that a rickshaw puller identified as Raju,, whose job is to ferry the dead bodies, gave injection to Ajay the 7-month-old victim suffering from septicemia at the Ballia district hospital on Wednesday morning. The surgeon treating the infant had recommended a dose of a life-saving drug 'Primacord' and asked the pharmacist to administer it. But, the pharmacist allegedly passed on the job to Raju. As soon as raju gave injection, the condition of the boy deteriorated and within minutes he succumbed even before any doctor could attend on him. The hospital staff soon after learning of the incident tried to hush up the matter but when the media highlighted it on television showing the visuals of the victim, senior officers and even state government reacted on the issue.
State Health Minister Ahmed Hasan announced a high level probe into the incident claiming it be very unfortunate. He claimed that a director rank officer from lucknow has been send to Balia to enquire the matter and he will submit his report within two days after which further action will be initiate against those found guilty.This is the not the first incident when the negligence approach of the doctors at District Hospital of Balia was exposed by the media. last year, a sweeper was caught on camera stitching up the wounds of a child. The doctor on duty at the emergency ward had been suspended at the time. Chief Medical Superintendent of the hospital, K P Singh, who denied that the visuals were of the same baby who died, admitted that a rickshaw puller was giving injections, which may have caused the baby's death. He claimed that a probe is on in the matter and stern action will be taken against the accused.