19-year-old dies after taking medicine from UP doctor, booked

Ajay, a resident of Allahganj town, fell ill on Friday. He consulted a local doctor, Prithviraj, who prescribed him a medicine, Circle Officer (Jalalabad) Ajay Rai told PTI.

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The victim died after consuming the medicine that the accused doctor had prescribed, he said.

The body was handed over to the family after conducting a post-mortem on Saturday, police said.

Villagers and relatives of the deceased blocked the Bareilly-Etawah road on Sunday and staged a protest by keeping the dead body on the road.

Following this, an FIR was registered against the doctor and further investigation is underway, Rai said.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that a quack in the Etah district of Uttar Pradesh has come under the police scanner in connection with the death of a two-and-a-half-month-old boy due to excessive bleeding after the accused operated on him. An FIR had been registered against an alleged fake doctor after a two-and-a-half-month-old boy died after he conducted a minor surgery on him, police said.

The incident took place in Etah of Uttar Pradesh. The baby died due to excessive bleeding after the accused operated on him. It has been alleged that he did not inform the family about the baby’s death and fled, a police official said.