Ligament tear turns deadly: teenager dies due to alleged medical negligence

Ligament tear turns deadly: Teenager dies due to alleged medical negligence

Health By Sumit Jha November 15, 2022 Read the article

The 17-year-old BSc student and football player died at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) in Chennai on 15 November.

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Priya R visited the Periyar Nagar Government Peripheral Hospital on 26 October to treat a ligament tear in her right knee.

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Her parents allege that Priya’s complaints of consistent and severe knee pain after the surgery were ignored by the hospital staff.

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She was shifted to RGGGH where tests revealed that the tissues in her right leg had been damaged beyond repair.

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A health department inquiry found medical negligence on the part of Chief Medical Officer Dr K Somasundar and Assistant Professor Dr Paul Ram Shankar of the Peripheral Hospital.

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They have been suspended and there is an ongoing police investigation.

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BJP Tamil Nadu Unit President K Annamalai expressed shock over the death and demanded the dismissal of the two doctors.

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