GUWAHATI: In a bizarre development doctors of Assam's Jorhat Medical College & Hospital (JMCH) undertook, what is being called a completely wrong medical procedure on a young child.
According to reports, a nine-year-old child who was receiving treatment at the JMCH for a problem in his right leg had surgery on his left leg. Information indicates that the hospital's orthopaedic department doctors performed the boy's surgery.
The 9-year-old boy is said to belong to the Misamari region of Dergaon. He had been receiving therapy at the JMCH since December 2022, according to the boy's grandmother.
The hospital's doctors had promised the child's family that they would treat the child's leg and that they would need to perform surgery. The youngster was admitted to the hospital on Thursday and had surgery.
The boy's family members were shocked to learn that his left leg had undergone surgery after the procedure, though. Kalpajyoti was once again taken to the operating room when the family members informed the doctors of the situation, and this time the doctors treated his right leg.
The boy's family claims that the physicians operated on the boy without telling them beforehand. In the meantime, a thorough investigation into the occurrence has been asked by the grieving family members.
On the other hand, according to Dr. Purnima Barua, Medical Superintendent of the JMCH, the entire episode was the consequence of a communication breakdown, and a thorough investigation has been requested.
"I have inquired into the entire incident," Dr. Barua remarked.
“The tragedy happened as a result of a communication breakdown between the boy's family and the on-call doctors. According to what I've heard so far, a tiny problem on the left leg caused the physicians to operate on it first as part of an inter-operative choice. An investigation of the entire affair has been opened”, Dr. Barua informed.
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