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Updated: Jun 06, 2019, 08:50 PM IST

Nurse cuts 5-month-old’s thumb instead of bandage in Ahmedabad

In a sheer case of medical negligence, parents of a 5-month-old baby alleged that a nurse had chopped off thumb of the child. The incident took place at Sheth Vadilal Sarabhai Hospital in Ahmedabad. Hospital authorities claimed that the child was suffering with pneumonia, when the nurse was removing bandage by mistake a part of her thumb was injured. According to the hospital’s Resident Medical Officer Dr Jitendra Parmar, “The tip of the thumb was injured and it was immediately stitched by the plastic surgeon. A committee has been formed to investigate the matter & action will be taken accordingly.” Parents went to police and registered an FIR.

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In a sheer case of medical negligence, parents of a 5-month-old baby alleged that a nurse had chopped off thumb of the child. The incident took place at Sheth Vadilal Sarabhai Hospital in Ahmedabad. Hospital authorities claimed that the child was suffering with pneumonia, when the nurse was removing bandage by mistake a part of her thumb was injured. According to the hospital’s Resident Medical Officer Dr Jitendra Parmar, “The tip of the thumb was injured and it was immediately stitched by the plastic surgeon. A committee has been formed to investigate the matter & action will be taken accordingly.” Parents went to police and registered an FIR.

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