Agra: In a case of alleged medical negligence at District Bagla Hospital in Hathras, doctors plastered the wrong hand of a four-year-old boy despite an X-ray confirming a fracture on the middle finger in the other.
Chief medical superintendent Surya Prakash acknowledged the lapse, saying, “We are in touch with the family and have asked them to return so the fractured finger can be treated. A show-cause notice has been issued to the doctor concerned.”
District magistrate Atul Vats has directed the health department to take appropriate action.
According to the complaint, Harsh Kumar of Ahvaranpur village injured his finger while playing at home. His family rushed him to hospital, where staff allegedly applied plaster to his right hand instead.
The mistake was discovered after Harsh continued crying in pain after he was brought back home, prompting his father, Kanhaiya Kumar, to check and lodge a complaint.
“This is sheer negligence,” the father said, adding that such errors could have worsened the child’s condition..
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