Bengal minor s arm amputated, kin calls it medical negligence

Kolkata Feb 20 (IANS) The family of a minor whose arm had to be amputated following an infection on Monday protested at a primary healthcare centre in West Bengal accusing the authorities of medical negligence.

Farzana was brought to the Muradih Block Primary Healthcare Centre in Purulia district on January 30 with a stomach ache.

The doctor didn t even properly examine her. He gave an injection and prescribed a medication. Later on the arm turned black. We went to consult experts from Kolkata Mumbai and Chennai and were told that nothing could be done as the infection had spread Farzana s father said.

Her left arm was eventually operated upon and amputated below the elbow at a hospital in Chennai.

The girl s father demanded strict punishment for the doctor and the nurse as the rest of his family and neighbours staged a demonstration outside the healthcare centre.

--IANS
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