UP doctor booked for culpable homicide after 12-year-old dies during treatment
Doctor Arrested
Ballia: A doctor in Maniar Sadar Bazaar area was booked on charges of culpable homicide on Wednesday after a 12-year-old boy he allegedly treated died. The boy's family filed a complaint, accusing the doctor of medical negligence.
A doctor was arrested here on Wednesday over the death of a 12-year-old boy after being administered an injection to treat a cold, police said.
According to the PTI report, Dr Feroz was arrested from the Maniar area and charged with culpable homicide based on a complaint filed by the boy’s mother, Superintendent of Police Vikrant Veer said.
According to the complaint, the woman took her son Anil Rawat, who had a cold, to the doctor in the Maniar Sadar Bazaar area on Tuesday evening for treatment.
Veer said Dr Feroz administered Rawat an injection, after which the boy began foaming in the mouth and his complexion turned pale.
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The mother then rushed her son to the Maniar government hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival, the police officer said.
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