Isn't this horrible? The head of the Cardio-Vascular Department Dr. Sampath Kumar, performed a surgery on 12 year old Tsering Norbu and closed and tied his arota- the main artery that supplies oxgyen rich blood, instead of correcting the child's patent ductus arteriosus.This is a cogenital heart disease where in the patient's ducuts arteriosus fails to close by itself. The child was admitted on 15 March with complaints of shortness of breath,and irregular heart beat, and was operated the next day.After the operation, the child suffered excessive internal bleeding,no urine output,High BP on the upper limbs and no pulse on the lower limbs. The child was rushed to the theatre and it was found that Dr. Sampath Kumar had closed the wrong organ.The child finally died on 18th!
Shear negligence has claimed the life of a child.Dr.Sampath Kumar was expelled from his post of being the head of the Cardio-Vascular department.
Another senior doctor of Cardio-Thoracic Dept was placed under suspension for leaving a screw in a patient after a heart surgery. The patient died due to multiple-
organ failure!
Why are doctors becoming so negligent? Don't they understand that they are dealing with Life? I was reminded of another incident that happened 3 years ago. A friend of mine was supposed to have delivered a very healthy baby. It was fine , but kind of getting sick often. The doctor said there was nothing to worry about and all of a sudden in 5 months the baby dies. Later after a biopsy, it was reported that the baby had 2-3 holes in the heart! Cant' these things be diagnosed at a earlier stage itself? The question of us being alive itself is a scary one these days! We have so much trust in our doctors, and when some doctors neglect their duty , the belief in them seems to slowly vanish!
I wonder what will be the decision of the judges who are dealing with the above cases... Anyway the lost lives cannot be brought back....
Meera signing off.................
Shear negligence has claimed the life of a child.Dr.Sampath Kumar was expelled from his post of being the head of the Cardio-Vascular department.
Another senior doctor of Cardio-Thoracic Dept was placed under suspension for leaving a screw in a patient after a heart surgery. The patient died due to multiple-
organ failure!
Why are doctors becoming so negligent? Don't they understand that they are dealing with Life? I was reminded of another incident that happened 3 years ago. A friend of mine was supposed to have delivered a very healthy baby. It was fine , but kind of getting sick often. The doctor said there was nothing to worry about and all of a sudden in 5 months the baby dies. Later after a biopsy, it was reported that the baby had 2-3 holes in the heart! Cant' these things be diagnosed at a earlier stage itself? The question of us being alive itself is a scary one these days! We have so much trust in our doctors, and when some doctors neglect their duty , the belief in them seems to slowly vanish!
I wonder what will be the decision of the judges who are dealing with the above cases... Anyway the lost lives cannot be brought back....
Meera signing off.................
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