Nurse severed baby’s thumb while cutting bandage in Guj
Ahmedabad:06.06.2019
A case has been registered against an unnamed nurse at a civic hospital here for injuring the thumb of a baby girl while removing bandage. While the girl’s mother alleged that the nurse “cut off” the thumb, the hospital said it was only injured and a corrective surgery was performed.
The incident took place at civic-run V S Hospital on June 2 where the five-month baby had been admitted for pneumonia. A nurse accidentally severed the thumb of the left- hand while cutting through the baby’s bandage with scissors, her mother Farhan Banu alleged on Wednesday.
The thumb was reattached through a surgery on the same day but doctors said they were not sure it the surgery would be successful, she claimed.
Hospital’s resident medical officer said an inquiry will be conducted. He, however, maintained that the thumb was not severed but only injured. It was stitched up, and such wounds heal quickly in babies, he said. PTI
Ahmedabad:06.06.2019
A case has been registered against an unnamed nurse at a civic hospital here for injuring the thumb of a baby girl while removing bandage. While the girl’s mother alleged that the nurse “cut off” the thumb, the hospital said it was only injured and a corrective surgery was performed.
The incident took place at civic-run V S Hospital on June 2 where the five-month baby had been admitted for pneumonia. A nurse accidentally severed the thumb of the left- hand while cutting through the baby’s bandage with scissors, her mother Farhan Banu alleged on Wednesday.
The thumb was reattached through a surgery on the same day but doctors said they were not sure it the surgery would be successful, she claimed.
Hospital’s resident medical officer said an inquiry will be conducted. He, however, maintained that the thumb was not severed but only injured. It was stitched up, and such wounds heal quickly in babies, he said. PTI
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