Bihar Shocker: Teen Dies after Quack performs surgery using Youtube Tutorial

Saran: In a shocking incident, a teenage boy in Bihar's Saran district died after a 'quack' allegedly operated on the patient for removal of the gall-bladder stone, taking help of YouTube tutorial videos.

Following this, the quack Ajit Kumar Puri, who allegedly performed the gall bladder-stone removal surgery, was arrested from Bihar's Gopalganj district on Sunday night, Kumar Ashish, Superintendent of Police (SP), Saran, told PTI on Monday.

The deceased has been identified as a resident of Bhualpur village of Saran district. According to family members, he was suffering from stomach pain for some time and his family took him to a private clinic at Dharmabagi Bazar in Saran on Friday, police said. The family lodged a police complaint on September 7 with the local police.

Accusing Puri of negligence and malpractice, the family claimed that Puri was unqualified and inexperienced and his actions lef to the teenager's death. Apart from registering a case against the fake doctor and his clinic staff, the police are also conducting raids to arrest the accused and the clinic's employees. Meanwhile, the body of the deceased was send for a postmortem.

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Issuing a statement regarding the incident, District Police said, "After *** was admitted the quack decided to perform gall bladder surgery… after watching videos on YouTube…it was after the surgery, that *** condition worsened. When his condition worsened, the staff of the clinic took him to Patna where he died on the way on September 7. The family members alleged that the quack performed surgery after watching videos on YouTube."

Speaking to the reporters, the grandfather of the deceased, Prahlad Prasad said, "Puri sent me to bring some diesel while my wife remained there. When I came back, I saw Puri was operating my grandson by watching a video on YouTube. He had not taken permission from us for conducting the gall bladder-stone removal surgery. They decided to take *** to Patna….and he died on the way to Patna."

"*** started experiencing severe pain after the surgery at the private clinic on Friday. When *** condition detoriarated…Puri called an ambulance and headed for Patna. But he died on the way on September 7. Puri left *** body and my wife on the road and fled. My wife managed to come back with the body," he added and further alleged that Puri, who conducted the surgery, was a quack.

India Today has reported that during the operation when the boy's condition deteriorated, the family protested. However, Puri allegedly shot back by saying "Am I the doctor here or you?"

Eventually, the fake doctor decided to take the patient to a Patna-based hospital. However, when he died on the way, Puri fled the scene, leaving the patient's body behind.

Meanwhile, commenting on the matter, Saran SP said, "Puri has been arrested and the district police are in the process of initiating action against his clinic also. The district police have also launched a drive to identify such clinics..."

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