The relatives of Mariyam Kousar, staged a protest in front of the Town Hall on Thursday demanding that the findings of the committee that probed the charges of medical negligence be made public.
Mariyam Kousar,three-year-old who suffered brain damage due to alleged anaesthesia overdose at the State-run Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Trauma and Orthopaedic.
The four doctors who were allegedly responsible for the child’s medical condition must be suspended, alleged people who had gathered near the Town Hall .
Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, a relative of the child, said “Not only the doctors but also the health minister must resign as he has been ineffective in dealing with this,” and added that there was a delay in revealing the findings despite the deadline for probe being over.
We demand the State to bear the expenses as it is the imperfection of the doctors at the State-run hospital which deteriorated Kousar’s condition”. “There is pressure from Malathi Manipal Hospital, where the child is now being treated, to pay the bills and the family’s financial condition is not sound.
“The protest was not just to seek justice to my daughter but also the other five victims of anaesthesia overdose in 2013,said Mudassir Pasha.