Villagers protest over boy’s death at Tanda

Our Correspondent

Kangra, August 6

Tension gripped the Dr Rajendra Prasad Govt Medical College at Tanda when family members of a 17-year-old boy, who died due to alleged negligence of doctors, and residents of Trambloo village staged a protest against the doctors here today.

Usha Devi and Suraksha Devi, pradhans of Mandal and Dagwar villages, respectively, led the protest. They alleged that Arun Kumar was admitted to the hospital on July 30 and was operated upon.

On August 3, the attendants of Arun were told that the patient had developed infection and needed to be operated again. They alleged that he was operated upon again yesterday but died today.

They alleged that senior doctors rarely attended patients and the attitude of the nursing staff was unbecoming.

The protesters took away the body of Arun without a postmortem. They lodged a complaint with the hospital medical superintendent regarding the alleged negligence of doctors.

Medical Superintendent Dr Vinay Mahajan said he had sought reply from HoD, Surgery, Dr Ramesh Bharti. Action would be taken against anyone found guilty.