Medical negligence claims boy's life

Hospital MS says medical staff tried to save victim

BUREWALA: Alleged criminal negligence by doctors at a tehsil hospital reportedly cost a child his life in Burewala on Monday.

The victim’s father, Muhammad Imran, a resident of Fazalabad, told Express News that he brought his son to Burewala Tehsil Hospital for treatment. “My son was sick so the doctors admitted him to the children’s ward.”

He maintained that none of the doctors present on duty returned to check on his son or provide any treatment.” Imran said that in the meantime, the boy’s condition deteriorated.

He said despite repeated requests to the medical staff to treat his son, they failed to do so. “Instead, the hospital staff asked me to take my son to Nishtar Hospital for treatment,” he alleged.

“However, my son breathed his last before we could shift him to the hospital,” he lamented.

The victim’s father accused the hospital staff of negligence and not providing timely treatment to his son. He demanded that the Punjab chief minister and deputy commissioner take action against the officials’ concerned.

When contacted, Tehsil Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Amjad Shakil denied the allegations leveled against the hospital staff. “The doctors tried to save the life of the child, but he could not survive.”
Earlier, the hand of a newborn was burnt due to the negligence of doctors in Lahore’s Ganga Ram Hospital.

Khurram, a resident of Shahdara, had brought his newborn to the hospital due to respiratory complications and the child was admitted to the ICU. After a few hours, the family went to see the baby and found that its hand was severely burnt. The doctors said the burn was minor and would heal soon. However, it never healed, even after four days, and the doctors referred the baby to Mayo Hospital.

The family alleged that they were not provided medicines and they had to buy them from the market.