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Case
Histories
PRAKHAR
SHARMA,
4 years
PRASHANTI NURSING HOME, Delhi:
Left unattended next to a heater. All fingers in his right hand have
been amputated.
He's
spunky and full of beans-like any other next-door kid. Except his right
hand is one small fist with no fingers. Prakhar Sharma, 4, was born normal
at the Prashanti Nursing Home, an MIG flat in Rohini, Delhi. The consultant
gynaecologist left straight after the delivery leaving the baby with the
nursing staff. Prakhar was kept next to a heater unattended for long,
leading to severe burn injuries that ultimately led to the amputation
of all five fingers in his right hand and marks on his face. Cosmetic
surgery may help his face but the fingers are gone forever. While the
doctor denies negligence, Prakhar's family moved the consumer court in
1997. But they are still waiting for the arguments to end.
VINAYAK
MULIK,
6 years
MAHAVIR Hospital, Mumbai:
Slipped into a coma after a tonsilitis operation and subsequently
died.
The
surgeon said the operation had gone off "smoothly". The anaesthesiologist
insisted he had administered the correct dose. So why did a healthy, exuberant
boy die after a routine tonsilitis operation? No one's sure. Minutes after
his tonsils were removed last week at the Mahavir Hospital in Khar, Mumbai,
six-year-old Vinayak Mulik slipped into a coma and two days later, died
in the ICU. The owner-neurosurgeon of the hospital, Dr V.G. Wagle, insists
that the child had a cardiac arrest during the operation and went into
a coma due to lack of oxygen. Today, Vinayak's parents are so shocked
that they are not even sure how to react to this sudden loss.
 RANJANBEN
SHAH, 24 years
NAMRATA MEDICARE, Ahmedabad:
Has been in a coma after being treated for viral fever two years
ago.
It
was a common enough post-Diwali complaint. Ranjanben Shah's bad throat
two Novembers ago. But when the 24-year-old in Ahmedabad developed fever
too, her family didn't want to take a chance. They took her to Namrata
Heart and Medicare, a neighbourhood private clinic run by Dr Hasmukhbai
Patel. She was diagnosed as having viral fever and asked to admit herself.
The doctor allegedly administered quinine and left her unattended. Ranjanben
then slipped into a coma. She was subsequently shifted to the Civil Hospital
but with no change in her condition, was sent home. Patel pleads innocence
and the case has been pending in the state consumer court for more than
a year.
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