Hyderabad : Minor girl administered infected saline, dies
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Hyderabad : A six-year-old girl, who was admitted to the state-run Gandhi Hospital here for a neuro-degenerative disorder died in the early hours today, nearly two months after her parents alleged she was administered with "contaminated" saline.
Sai Pravalika, hailing from Jangaon district in Telangana was admitted to the hospital on December 7 last year and on December 15 her parents alleged that a worm was found in a saline bottle administered to the child and accused of negligence in treatment.
However, doctors at the hospital refuted the allegations and clarified her death is not related to it (allegations of saline contamination) and she died of prolonged illness.
"She was suffering with neurological disorder and she is a bed-ridden patient. It is a chronic illness which has no cure. Previously also she was treated and had been discharged," Gandhi Hospital Superintendent J V Reddy told PTI.
Sai Pravalika, hailing from Jangaon district in Telangana was admitted to the hospital on December 7 last year and on December 15 her parents alleged that a worm was found in a saline bottle administered to the child and accused of negligence in treatment.
However, doctors at the hospital refuted the allegations and clarified her death is not related to it (allegations of saline contamination) and she died of prolonged illness.
"She was suffering with neurological disorder and she is a bed-ridden patient. It is a chronic illness which has no cure. Previously also she was treated and had been discharged," Gandhi Hospital Superintendent J V Reddy told PTI.
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