A six-month-old baby allegedly had the tip of his finger chopped off in a case of medical negligence at Chinmaya Mission Hospital in Bengaluru’s Indiranagar, according to a Times of India report. Following the incident, a complaint was filed by the mother of the child, alleging that the tip of the baby’s finger was severed during the removal of the IV cannula.
After the tragic incident, the boy’s mother filed a police complaint at the Indiranagar police station, saying that she and her husband, Vijay Kumar, brought their baby to the hospital on February 19 last week after the baby showed symptoms of cough and congestion.
The doctors at the hospital asked them to admit the baby. Later, when they were settling the bills for the discharge, a medicine was given to the boy, following which a nurse came to remove the cannula and dressing with scissors.
However, in the process, the baby’s fingertip got cut and fell off, the mother alleged.
“We admitted the baby to the hospital as per medical advice. On Tuesday, the hospital said they were going to discharge the baby, and I settled all the bills. A medicine was administered to the baby, and then a nurse came to remove the cannula and the dressing with scissors. That is when my baby’s finger got cut, and the tip fell off,” the mother told TOI.
Doctors ‘Skin Would Grow Back’
After the parents of the boy told the doctors about the incident, the staff told them that the skin would grow back. After this response by the hospital staff, the baby’s father filed a police complaint, and an FIR was registered against three hospital staffers.
Moreover, the police authorities also registered a case against the nurse who came to remove the cannula from the child’s hand.
Tip Reattached To Baby’s Finger
According to the TOI report, the tip has been reattached to the baby’s finger. Now, the baby is admitted in the same hospital and is undergoing treatment for the finger
