Docs in Thane carried out circumcision on a boy who was admitted for leg surgical procedure. (Representational)
Thane, Maharashtra:
The dad and mom of a nine-year-old boy from Shahapur in Maharashtra’s Thane district have complained to the police that medical doctors at a government-run hospital wrongly carried out a surgical procedure on his genitals as a substitute of an injured leg.
Following their allegation, a well being official assured an inquiry into the episode, and the police mentioned they’re finishing up an investigation.
The minor’s dad and mom mentioned, “The boy suffered an harm on his leg whereas he was taking part in together with his pals final month. He was admitted to the sub-district hospital in Shahapur on June 15 and was present process therapy. The medical doctors lately carried out a circumcision surgical procedure on his non-public half as a substitute of the injured leg.”
Later, after realising their goof-up, the medical doctors performed a surgical procedure on his injured leg quickly afterwards, they advised reporters.
The dad and mom additionally filed a grievance with the Shahapur police. Though no case has been registered thus far on this connection, a police official mentioned {that a} probe into the grievance was underway.
District Civil Surgeon Dr Kailas Pawar mentioned the well being authorities will conduct an inquiry into the allegations.
Medical officer on the hospital, Gajendra Pawar, advised reporters that apart from his leg harm, the boy additionally had an issue of phimosis (tight foreskin).
“We needed to perform two operations,” he mentioned.
As regards informing the dad and mom concerning the second operation, he mentioned the medical doctors might need forgotten to inform them or they could have advised the opposite kin of the affected person.
What the medical doctors did was proper and there was nothing flawed in it. However the dad and mom refused to just accept the reason given by the medical doctors, Pawar mentioned.
On the identical day, two sufferers from the identical age group underwent surgical procedure on the hospital, medical doctors mentioned.
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