Published 10:34 IST, November 17th 2024
Patna Shocker: Dead Patient's Eye Goes Missing in Hospital, Doctors Accuse Rats
A dead man's who died while undergoing treatment for a bullet injury in Patna hospital was spotted with a missing eye just hours after his death.
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Patna: A man who died while undergoing treatment for a bullet injury at a Patna hospital was found with a missing eye just hours after his death.
family of deceased has accused doctors of removing eye as part of an alleged "business," while hospital has pointed fingers at rats.
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victim, identified as Fantus Kumar, was mitted to Patna's second-largest hospital, Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH), on Thursday after being shot by unknown assailants. He underwent surgery on November 15 and was later shifted to ICU. Fantus died on Friday night, but his body remained on ICU bed as a postmortem could not be conducted overnight.
next morning, family discovered man's eye was missing and accused doctors of negligence. Relatives also claimed that a surgical ble was found near table.
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"How can y be so negligent? Eir someone from hospital conspired with people who shot him, or hospital is involved in some business of taking people's eyes out," a family member told a leing media outlet.
"If we can't trust such a big facility, who can we trust? Someone took his eye out in ICU, and hospital is saying it doesn't know what happened. This is very unfortunate," relative ded.
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NMCH Medical Superintendent Dr. Vinod Kumar Singh has blamed rats for incident. He stated that a four-member team has been formed to investigate matter, and action will be taken against those found guilty of negligence.
" possibility of rats biting off eye cannot be ignored. We will have to wait for post-mortem results. This is not acceptable, and anyone found guilty will be punished," he said.
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hospital is also reviewing CCTV footage as part of investigation.
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