INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
as cases of mistaken identity go, there can hardly be a more unfortunate one
A patient who had come to a government-run hospital in Delhi to get treated for injuries on his head and face following an accident was
instead operated upon on his leg
A senior hospital official, quoted by news agency PTI, said that the patient could not "realise or object" as he was sedated for the
According to news agency ANI, a man named Vijendra had come to get treated for head injuries, but the doctor instead started operating on
his leg by making a hole on it, thinking him to be another patient, Virendra, who had a fractured leg."As the senior resident performed the
procedure on the patient after putting him on anaesthesia, the patient could not realise or object to it," said Ajay Bahl, medical
superintendent at the Sushruta Trauma Centre in Delhi's Civil Lines area.Hospital authorities have said that when the negligence on the
of an accident, but a Delhi doctor operated on his leg instead, mistaking him to be Virendra, another patient with a leg injuryThe doctor
also allegedly tampered with the patient's case documents to cover up his mistake, reported PTI.Mr Bahl said that a hospital committee had
found the doctor to be at fault.He said the doctor has been barred from performing more surgeries without any form of supervision as well.It
Trauma Centre to get operated upon for head head injuries"A committee constituted to look into the matter found the senior resident was at
He has been barred from conducting surgeries without supervision with immediate effect," Mr Bahl said.This is not the first time the
Sushruta Trauma Centre has been sucked into controversy.In 2012, four patients died at the hospital's Intensive Care Unit after it emerged
that the oxygen supply had stopped
The then Delhi government had dismissed two doctors, suspended one doctor and transferred another after the incident.(With Inputs From PTI
