Girl dies of kidney failure, kin accuse Siddha practitioner of wrong treatment
COIMBATORE, JUNE 18, 2019 00:00 IST
Relatives of the girl staging a road blockade in front of Coimbatore Medical College Hospital on Monday.M. Periasamy
The kin of a 20-year-old college student from Coimbatore alleged that she died due to wrong treatment by a Siddha practitioner.
G. Sathyapriya of Kulathupalayam in Coimbatore died at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) in the early hours of Monday due to renal failure and other complications after she underwent treatment provided by the Siddha practitioner, they alleged.
R. Ganesan, father of Sathyapriya, said that he had taken her to Siddha practitioner Gurunathan of Manonmani Siddha Vaidya Salai at Selvapuram on January 24 as she had irregular menstrual cycle.
“My daughter underwent treatment under the Siddha practitioner till April 19. She was given various drugs in powder form during the period. She was admitted to CMCH on April 22 after she complained of pain in renal area. Doctors at CMCH said both her kidneys were not functioning. We strongly believe that her kidneys failed due to wrong treatment given by the Siddha practitioner,” alleged Mr. Ganesan, a daily wage worker.
Mr. Ganesan also alleged that the Selvapuram Police did not register a case or investigate the matter though a petition was submitted on May 1.
Another petition was given to the City Police Commissioner on May 31. “A case was registered only on Monday after we staged a road blockade in front of the CMCH,” he said
Tamil Kumaran of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi said that the deceased girl, who was doing her third year BA at Government Arts College in Coimbatore, belonged to a Dalit community. “A petition will be submitted to the SC/ST Commission seeking an inquiry into the death,” he said.
When contacted, District Siddha Medical Officer C. Dhanam said that Gurunathan was a registered practitioner of Siddha.
“He was one of the traditional practitioners of Siddha who were categorised under Class “B”. We have lifted samples of drugs from his facility and sent these to a laboratory in Chennai for examination,” she said.
COIMBATORE, JUNE 18, 2019 00:00 IST
Relatives of the girl staging a road blockade in front of Coimbatore Medical College Hospital on Monday.M. Periasamy
The kin of a 20-year-old college student from Coimbatore alleged that she died due to wrong treatment by a Siddha practitioner.
G. Sathyapriya of Kulathupalayam in Coimbatore died at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) in the early hours of Monday due to renal failure and other complications after she underwent treatment provided by the Siddha practitioner, they alleged.
R. Ganesan, father of Sathyapriya, said that he had taken her to Siddha practitioner Gurunathan of Manonmani Siddha Vaidya Salai at Selvapuram on January 24 as she had irregular menstrual cycle.
“My daughter underwent treatment under the Siddha practitioner till April 19. She was given various drugs in powder form during the period. She was admitted to CMCH on April 22 after she complained of pain in renal area. Doctors at CMCH said both her kidneys were not functioning. We strongly believe that her kidneys failed due to wrong treatment given by the Siddha practitioner,” alleged Mr. Ganesan, a daily wage worker.
Mr. Ganesan also alleged that the Selvapuram Police did not register a case or investigate the matter though a petition was submitted on May 1.
Another petition was given to the City Police Commissioner on May 31. “A case was registered only on Monday after we staged a road blockade in front of the CMCH,” he said
Tamil Kumaran of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi said that the deceased girl, who was doing her third year BA at Government Arts College in Coimbatore, belonged to a Dalit community. “A petition will be submitted to the SC/ST Commission seeking an inquiry into the death,” he said.
When contacted, District Siddha Medical Officer C. Dhanam said that Gurunathan was a registered practitioner of Siddha.
“He was one of the traditional practitioners of Siddha who were categorised under Class “B”. We have lifted samples of drugs from his facility and sent these to a laboratory in Chennai for examination,” she said.
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