The Karnataka authorities on Saturday suspended the medical officer and an ambulance driver on the Kodigenahalli major well being heart in Tumakuru district – about 130 km from the state capital of Bengaluru – after the loss of life of a 5-year-old boy because of alleged medical negligence. The boy’s mother and father have been reported to have complained that the medical doctors and ambulance driver weren’t obtainable on the hospital once they introduced their baby for remedy after he fell right into a sump close to their house. Within the midst of anger over the difficulty, the opposition had known as for state well being minister’s resignation.
As per Karnataka Well being Minister Okay Sudhakar, the kid was “introduced lifeless” to the hospital. “Following the tragic loss of life of a 5-yr-old boy, who was declared introduced lifeless at Kodigenhalli PHC in Madhugiri taluk, the @Comm_dhfwka has issued discover to the Tumakuru Dist. Well being & Household Welfare Dept together with suspension of a Medical Officer & ambulance driver within the matter
Earlier on Friday, former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy demanded the resignation of the state well being minister after the incident was reported. The kid’s physique was dropped at former chief minister HD Kumaraswami’s Pancharatna Yatra, which happened in Kodigenahalli village on Friday.
In a collection of tweets, Kumaraswamy attacked the ruling BJP authorities and mentioned hospitals within the state have “changed into loss of life traps”. “There have been two medical doctors within the hospital however they weren’t on responsibility. Though there was an ambulance, there was no driver. This can be a merciless imaginative and prescient of the well being system in rural areas. This can be a mirror of the inefficiency of the well being division,” he wrote.
The JD(S) chief additionally demanded that Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai ought to sack the inefficient well being minister. “The federal government is the direct reason for this loss of life; the well being minister is accountable. If he has a conscience, he ought to resign instantly. If the Chief Minister @BSBommai has any morals then the well being Minister needs to be eliminated instantly,” learn one other tweet.