AP: 18-year-old girl dies during implant removal surgery, kin alleges anaesthesia overdose
Medical Negligence
Vijayawada: Tension gripped the orthopaedic MJ Naidu Hospital in Vijayawada following the death of an 18-year-old girl due to an alleged overdose of anaesthesia during the leg implant removal surgery.
According to the complaint filed by the family members of the deceased, doctors performed the surgery on May 15 and shifted the girl to the ICU for observation. Despite waiting for over six hours, she remained unconscious and was not transferred to her room.
Family members and friends of the victim staged a protest accusing the hospital staff of negligence. The deceased has been identified as a first-year B.Tech student at MIC Engineering College.
She was admitted to MJ Naidu Hospital on May 15 for the removal of plate implants in her leg from a previous surgery in 2019. According to her family, the surgery was performed on Wednesday afternoon, and doctors assured her parents that she would regain consciousness within two hours. However, to the family’s shock, she was declared dead in the early hours of Friday.
The victim’s aunt, PLV Renuka Devi, lodged a complaint with the Suryarao Pet police station, accusing two of the doctors, and other hospital staff of gross negligence during the surgery. The family demanded strict action against the doctors and the hospital management, holding them responsible for the girl's untimely death, reports The Daily.
The hospital has yet to issue an official statement regarding the incident. The aunt told Deccan Chronicle that the doctors of the hospital did not disclose the cause of the death. “The doctors and hospital management stated that my daughter suffered body collapse. This could be due to the reaction of the anesthesia injection given to her before the surgery,” Renuka Devi alleged.
Authorities are investigating the case to determine if medical malpractice was involved in her death and several district health and medical officers have already paid a visit to the facility. Meanwhile, the NTR district DMHO, Dr M Suhasini alao visited the hospital and confirmed that the body was shifted to the government hospital for post-mortem.
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