Paediatric Patient goes for nasal surgery, Doctor operates on hernia; Suspended
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Thiruvananthapuram: A suspension order has been issued to a consultant surgeon associated with a government hospital for allegedly performing a hernia surgery on a 7-year-old boy instead of removing a growth in his nasal passage. This allegedly happened due to a similarity in the names of two patients.
According to media reports, the 7-year-old patient was taken to a Manjeri Medical College Hospital in Malappuram district to get his cyst removed from his nasal passage but he was operated for a hernia at the facility. This incident came into light when his parents saw their son operated in the stomach, instead of removing his nasal polyps.
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