Mangaluru: Heart patient dies after surgery; relatives accuse doctors of their negligence
Mangaluru, Dec 19: Relatives of a heart patient alleged that the patient died due to the negligence of doctors during surgery at a private hospital near Jyothi Circle in the city.
Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Ahmed Kabeer, brother of deceased Anwar Hussein (49), alleged that as per the doctors report that his elder brother had blocks in his heart, Anvar was admitted to the private hospital on December 15. Then he was healthy. At 9am, he was taken to operation theatre for surgery. At 6 pm, the doctors who came out of the operation theatre, said that kidney of the patient was damaged and out of five blocks in the heart, only three were removed and shifted him to the ICU. But on December 16 at 2.30 am, the doctors declared that the patient was dead. At 4.10 am, they gave death certificate. When the body was taken home for cremation, it was swollen. When it was discussed with the doctors, they gave arrogant answer, Kabeer said.
“We do not need to get money out of it. We have lost our brother. No person should lose his life with wrong treatment. I have come before the media that people should be careful about such incidents”, he said.
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Veteran actor-filmmaker Deb Mukherjee passes away
Mumbai, Mar 14 (PTI): Veteran actor-filmmaker Deb Mukherjee, father of director Ayan Mukerji, passed away due to prolonged illness on Friday morning at his residence in suburban Mumbai. He was 83.
“We are deeply saddened to inform you of the passing of Mr. Debu Mukherjee, an actor and driving force of the North Bombay Durga Puja. He left us this morning,” a statement issued by his representative said.
His last rites were performed at the Pawan Hans Crematorium in Juhu in suburban Mumbai.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Mukherjee appeared in supporting roles in films like “Tu Hi Meri Zindagi”, “Abhinetri”, “Do Aankhen”, “Baton Baton Mein”, “Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander”, “King Uncle”, and “Kaminey”. He also directed and produced the 1983 movie "Karate", starring Mithun Chakraborty, Kaajal Kiran, and Yogeeta Bali.
Mukherjee was part of the famous Samarth-Mukherjee family. He was the father-in-law of Ashutosh Gowariker and uncle of Bollywood actors Kajol and Rani Mukerji.
His mother, Satidevi, was the only sister of Ashok Kumar, Anup Kumar, and Kishore Kumar. His brothers were popular actor and filmmaker Joy Mukherjee and filmmaker Shomu Mukherjee, who married Bollywood actor Tanuja (mother of Kajol).
Mukherjee was married twice; his daughter Sunita from his first marriage is married to director Gowariker, and Ayan is his son from his second marriage.
Several family members and close friends, including Kajol, Rani Mukerji, Jaya Bachchan, Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, and others, paid their last respects.
