The death of an eight-month-old child has been proved due to the negligence of doctors. After this the hospital administration has taken action against the doctors. The investigation report of the child’s death has been sent to the health building. The hospital authorities wanted to know what action could be taken against all these doctors. The incident took place at Kolkata’s NRS Hospital. It is alleged that the child died due to lack of proper treatment.
According to hospital sources, a child named Ritesh Barui died on March 4. The relatives first took him to the NRS hospital as a paper box was stuck in his trachea. From there they are taken first to the emergency department and then to the pediatric surgery and ENT department. However, the doctors there said that she needed a laryngoscopy to find out what was stuck in her windpipe. After this the child’s laryngoscopy is done. However, the doctors said that nothing was found there.
According to sources, the child was then taken to PG Hospital for bronchoscopy. There, doctors performed a laryngoscopy and removed a paper box from the child’s throat. However, by then there was a lack of oxygen in the child’s body. As a result, it was not possible to save him even when he was placed on ventilation.
The family members of NRS Hospital have complained of medical negligence in the incident. The doctors at NRS Hospital could not show any report of the child’s laryngoscopy. As a result, laryngoscopy was not performed on the child and doctors did not even try to save him. Such was the complaint of the child’s family. The NRS hospital authorities constituted a three-member inquiry committee to probe the incident. On this basis the negligence of the doctors was proved.