Hyd: Fungus in saline bottle made 11-yr-old sick, says victim's family

Hyderabad: An 11-year-old who was admitted to the Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital and Research Centre (DDHRC) in Vidyanagar for seizures was allegedly administered fungus-infected saline. The family members of Vamshi Krishna alleged that this had made his condition worse.

This incident comes seven months after the death of seven-year-old Prabhalika from Jangaon district, whose condition worsened after she was administered saline from a bottle which had insects in it at Gandhi hospital. Earlier this year, contaminated saline was blamed for five persons losing their sight at the Sarojini Devi Hospital.

Krishna’s relatives lodged a complaint with Nallakunta police and a case of endangering life (336 IPC) against the hospital's resident medical officer Umapathi Ram-prasad and other doctors was registered

Krishna, a Class VII student from Ramnagar, was admitted to the hospital at about 10 pm on Wednes-day. Doctors began administering saline and a few minutes later, Mr Srinivas, the boy’s uncle, noticed something strange in the saline bottle and alerted the staff, but no one responded.

“The bottle was filled with fungi. We told the staff and even reminded them of the recent incident at Gandhi hospital, but it all fell on deaf ears,” said Mr Srinivas.