Sivaganga district police have booked two non-public medical doctors in reference to a case during which a boy misplaced his penis as a result of a surgical error carried out at a non-public hospital in Karaikudi in Sivaganga district.
In keeping with police, Meenakshi Sundaram, a resident of Karaikudi, has filed a grievance alleging that her 10-year-old son misplaced his penis as a result of a unsuitable surgical procedure and subsequent therapy carried out on the hospital.
“We’ve just one son. He was affected by problem in urinating. Later, we admitted him to a non-public hospital the place an operation was carried out on Might 21. Inside a couple of days of returning dwelling after the therapy, our son’s non-public elements turned gangrenous,” the complainant mentioned.
“I conveyed this to the physician on the non-public hospital who carried out the surgical procedure. At the moment, one other physician claimed to have carried out the surgical procedure and despatched us to his hospital. After we went there, that physician additionally didn’t reply correctly. , gave obscure replies. Within the meantime, my son’s well being deteriorated. Thereafter, the 2 (Karaikudi) medical doctors threatened us to take him to a specific non-public hospital in Madurai instantly,” he added.
Nevertheless, the household didn’t hearken to them and admitted the boy to a different non-public hospital in Madurai. Docs instructed him that his penis was gangrenous and that he wouldn’t survive except it was eliminated.
“We agreed as there was no different choice to save lots of our son. Then they carried out the surgical procedure and eliminated the organs. As a result of unsuitable therapy offered on the non-public hospital, our son’s life was ruined,” he claimed.
“Therefore, motion have to be taken not solely in opposition to the hospital involved but additionally in opposition to the physician who carried out the unsuitable surgical procedure and threatened us,” Meenakshi Sundaram mentioned in her grievance.
Karaikudi North police have registered a case in opposition to two medical practitioners named Somasundaram and Kamachi Chandran. Additional investigation is ongoing.
