Gross Negligence: Patient given acid in place of water at private hospital in Bihar, dies
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Patna: A woman died after accidentally swallowing acid kept in a bottle given to her by staff of a private hospital when she asked for water to consume medicines.
Shyamali Devi (60), a resident of a village in Goraul police station area of neighbouring district of Vaishali, underwent an eye surgery at a hospital situated in Brahmapura police station area of Muzaffarpur last evening.
“After being operated upon, the woman was given some medicines. When she asked for water to swallow the tablets with, a paramedical staff handed over a bottle thinking it to be full of water”, Brahmapura SHO Dharmendra Kumar said.
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