Two months old infant died in Tripura hospital alleged medical negligence

Agartala: The family of two-month old infant of Tepania area of Udaipur in South Tripura sought action for alleged medical negligence caused to death of the child at district hospital.

Victim Soutam's father  alleged that the infant was admitted to the hospital on May 10 last but after the attending nurse in the hospital prior diagnosing the infant with the actual disease has put saline that deteriorated the health of the infant' and later died.

It was alleged that prior pushing the saline, no doctor had checked up the child properly and later when the baby started shivering and crying nobody attended them at late night. Because there was no doctor indoor and nurses were sleeping inside.

The family members and neighbours later demonstrated in the hospital and later blockade Udaipur Sabroom national highway for few hours demanding action against the doctors and nurses accused of the incident.