Five persons of Karnal private hospital booked for allegedly manhandling drug department team
Karnal: In order to inquire about a medical negligence case of transfusing wrong blood into a patient, a joint team of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) visited a private hospital in Karnal and has been allegedly thrashed by the doctors and staff of the hospital.
On Thursday evening, the team visited the hospital after they received a complaint of an elder patient who died due to the medical negligence of the doctors at the hospital. Five person have been booked by the police in this regard.
The incident goes back to August 1st when the patient's son Pawan brought his father identified as Krishna Dutt to the hospital as he was having trouble breathing. The doctors recommended bypass surgery on the patient which was scheduled from 1 pm to 5 pm the next day after being admitted.
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During the surgery, the patient's health deteriorated after he was given blood. Later after confronting the doctor, it was revealed that the patient was given AB-positive blood instead of B-positive blood.
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