Death by negligence: Unani practitioner administered allopathic injections, arrested
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Thane: A unani practitioner has been arrested by the local police for alleged negligence on account of administering allopathic medicine to a young patient leading complications which allegedly led to his death.
The case concerned a 24-year old resident of Shil Village in Thane who went to the Burhani Clinic and Maternity Day Care Center with a complaint of stomach ache and breathlessness. He was attended by Dr Khan in the clinic where he administered him two doses of injections - Deriphylline and Ranitidine. The condition of the patient kept deteriorating and was further taken to the Kalsekar Hospital in Mumbra where he was declared dead.
Following the death of the patient, a case of accidental death was registered in the Daighar police.
The family of the patient alleged that the medical practitioner had given four injections in 50 minutes during the treatment which probably led to the overdose or reaction due to which the patient allegedly died.
The police team carried out the investigation on the matter. The police found that the medical practitioner had gained his degree in Unani medicine in 2001 from a college in Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh.
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The police during its investigation also seized the injections, medicines and saline which were used during the treatment of the patient.
The police officials sought the reply from Maharashtra Council of Indian Medicine (MCIM) in this regard which informed that he was unauthorized to give the allopathic injections.
A police official told the Mumbai Mirror that 'The probe revealed that Dr Khan despite not having rights to practice allopathy, gave allopathy injections after which the patient's health deteriorated and he died'.
He was booked under section 304 (causing death by negligence) and section 25 (rights of registered practitioners to practice) of Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act, the officer further added.
The medical practitioner was then arrested by the Daighar police and was produced to a local court which remanded him to judicial custody.
The case concerned a 24-year old resident of Shil Village in Thane who went to the Burhani Clinic and Maternity Day Care Center with a complaint of stomach ache and breathlessness. He was attended by Dr Khan in the clinic where he administered him two doses of injections - Deriphylline and Ranitidine. The condition of the patient kept deteriorating and was further taken to the Kalsekar Hospital in Mumbra where he was declared dead.
Following the death of the patient, a case of accidental death was registered in the Daighar police.
The family of the patient alleged that the medical practitioner had given four injections in 50 minutes during the treatment which probably led to the overdose or reaction due to which the patient allegedly died.
The police team carried out the investigation on the matter. The police found that the medical practitioner had gained his degree in Unani medicine in 2001 from a college in Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh.
Read Also: Karnataka: HC sends notice to State government on AYUSH practitioners prescribing allopathic medicines
The police during its investigation also seized the injections, medicines and saline which were used during the treatment of the patient.
The police officials sought the reply from Maharashtra Council of Indian Medicine (MCIM) in this regard which informed that he was unauthorized to give the allopathic injections.
A police official told the Mumbai Mirror that 'The probe revealed that Dr Khan despite not having rights to practice allopathy, gave allopathy injections after which the patient's health deteriorated and he died'.
He was booked under section 304 (causing death by negligence) and section 25 (rights of registered practitioners to practice) of Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act, the officer further added.
The medical practitioner was then arrested by the Daighar police and was produced to a local court which remanded him to judicial custody.
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