FIR against electro-homoeopathy practitioner after 8 year old dies following alleged injections

Vasai: Police have registered an FIR against an electro-homoeopathy practitioner after an eight-year-old girl died a day after she was allegedly administered injections at a clinic in Vasai (East), with her parents alleging that the treatment contributed to her death.

According to the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation’s health department, the 42-year-old practises electro-homoeopathy and is not registered with the Maharashtra Medical Council. Officials said he was not authorised to prescribe allopathic medicines or administer injections.

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The girl lived with her parents in Bhoidapada, Vasai (E). Around 8.30 pm on Monday, after she began vomiting, her mother took her to a Clinic in Rajavali. The practitioner examined the girl, prescribed tablets, and allegedly administered injections in both her upper arms.

The following morning, the girl reportedly began bleeding from her nose and mouth and died soon after. Her mother subsequently alleged that the injections were responsible for her daughter’s death.

Police sent the girl's body for postmortem examination to determine the cause of death. Waliv police Senior Inspector Pradeep Kerkar said the viscera report, expected within a week, would help establish the exact cause of death. Police have also served a notice to the practitioner as part of the investigation.

Meanwhile, a team from the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation’s health department inspected the clinic and seized a large quantity of used and broken allopathic injections and medicines.

Speaking to TOI, Dr Bhakti Chaudhary, head of the civic health department, said electro-homeopathy practitioners are not authorised to administer injections or prescribe allopathic medicines. “However, the practitioner had administered injections to the girl,” she said.

Acting on a complaint filed by civic medical officer Dr Srinivas Dudhamal, Waliv police registered a case under Section 318 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for alleged cheating, along with Sections 33 and 33(A) of the applicable medical practitioners’ law for allegedly practising medicine without authorisation.

Police said further action in the case will depend on the postmortem and viscera reports, which are expected to establish the cause of the child’s death.

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