Hyderabad: Row over height lengthening surgery at Global hospital
Hyderabad: A corporate hospital here landed in a row over the height lengthening surgery performed on a youth with his parents alleging that they were not informed about it.
Nikhil Reddy (22) underwent the limb-lengthening surgery at Global Hospitals on Tuesday to grow his height.
His parents, who had complained to police three days ago that he is missing, reached the hospital after learning about his presence there.
They broke down on seeing Nikhil. His father Goverdhan Reddy demanded action against the hospital for conducting the surgery without their consent.
The 5.7 feet Nikhil underwent the surgery to increase his height by three inches. The surgery costs Rs.4 lakh and Nikhil had paid Rs.3 lakh.
The hospital, however, said since Nikhil is a major, there was no need to take consent from his parents.
It also clarified that the surgery does not fall under the clinical guidelines of medico-legal cases and hence police was not informed of the same.
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