Disturbed by Social media trial over patient death, Kerala Orthopedic Surgeon allegedly kills self
Kerala: A 35-year-old orthopedic surgeon and the owner of Anoop Ortho Centre in Kollam, allegedly took the extreme step of taking his life by hanging himself after cutting a nerve in his arm. The doctor who deeply disturbed by the death of a 7-year-old patient whom he had operated upon and the following social media trial that blamed him for the death of the child.
Dr Anoop Krishna was a well known orthopedic surgeon in the area with a specialization in Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy and Arthroplasty. He took up a case of a 7 year old patient last week. During the operation, the patient suffered a complication post-anesthesia and went into cardiac arrest. Despite all the attempts to save her including taking her to another hospital, the child passed away.
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