On Thursday, a private hospital in the city was vandalized by a patient’s relatives who alleged that she died due to the faulty treatment by a doctor.

A five-year-old child, Monisha Reddy, was admitted to the hospital three days ago, for the treatment of fever. In a few hours, her condition deteriorated and her family members took her to a corporate hospital in Chennai for better treatment. Her condition worsened more and she succumbed over there. Mentioning the Chennai hospital, the family complained that the child was treated for dengue in Tirupati, however she showed no such symptoms and this caused the death of the child.

The furious relatives staged a demonstration in front of the hospital on Thursday and they allegedly manhandled the hospital’s Chairman, K. Satish, vandalized the furniture and even attacked the nursing staff. Local policemen rushed to the spot and then safely escorted Dr. Satish to the police station, almost rescuing him from mob’srage.

In the meantime, Indian Medical Association (IMA) Tirupati secretary B. Yugandar said that they had requested the police to book a case as per Act No.11 of 2008 on the attackers, who can get punishment of up to three years in jail.

Dr. Yugandar said that the case sheets should be studied by the appropriate authorities to find out any lapses. Nobody has the right to assault or attack anybody.

Source: The Hindhu