The medical board constituted to probe the death of a one-and-a-half-year old boy has found serious negligence on the part of the doctors of the Payyanur Baby Memorial Hospital.
The board has concluded that the child need not have been given general anaesthesia. The board will soon hand over the report to the police.
The boy, Devansh Shouria of Eramam, died after being administered anaesthesia for a lip injury that he sustained while playing on July 5.
He was taken to the Payyannur Baby Mmeorial Hospital, where the doctors advised suturing the wound under anaesthesia.
According to the complaint lodged by the family, the child became unconscious soon after the anaesthesia was administered and was shifted to the Kannur Bbay Memorial Hospital, where he died five days later.
Following the complaint, the police registered a case against anaesthetist Dr Anjali Poduval.
An investigation led by the Payyannur Deputy Superintendent of Police had requested the Health Department to constitute a medical board comprising expert doctors to ascertain whether the child's death was caused by any lapse in the administration of anaesthesia.
Following the request, the Kannur District Medical Officer (DMO) constituted a medical board headed by the Superintendent of Government Medical College Hospital, Pariyaram. The panel also included paediatricians and the Superintendent of Payyannur Taluk Hospital, officials said.
(With inputs from PTI)
