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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Power tariffs under BESCOM to rise from May 1
Bengaluru (PTI): Power bills for consumers under the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will go up from May 1, following an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Friday.
The hike comes after KERC allowed the BESCOM to recover a revenue deficit of Rs 2,068 crore incurred in 2024-25, from the consumers.
As a result, for every unit of electricity consumed in 2024-25, the customers will be charged an additional 56 paise, it said.
"BESCOM shall calculate, for each of the active consumers of FY2024-25 the amount to be recovered based on their actual energy consumption during FY2024-25. Such amount shall be recovered during FY 2026-27 in equal monthly instalments, to be called as 'FY25 True up Charges', commencing from the first meter reading date falling on or after 1 May 2026 and concluding with the reading date ending on 30 April 2027," the order said.
"It is further ordered that BESCOM shall maintain a separate head of account, allocated for the purpose, to record the adjustment of the said amount to ensure full recovery of the deficit," it added.
Similarly Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has also recorded a revenue deficit of Rs 121.71 crore and can collect an additional 15 paisa per unit for consumption in 2024-25, official sources said.
