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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Iran state TV says it was hit in strikes amid war escalation
Tehran: Iranian state television has said it was targeted by military strikes after a series of powerful explosions were reported in the capital Tehran.
The broadcaster said it was hit but remained on the air, adding that “the technical team is assessing the damage”. This is not the first time the network has been affected during conflict; its facilities were struck in previous clashes between Iran and Israel.
The report came as heavy strikes continued to rock parts of Tehran and other Iranian cities after joint military action by the United States and Israel.
