In a tragic case of medical negligence, a 25-year-old woman has lost her life after allegedly being given the wrong blood by a lab technician. The incident happened at a prominent government hospital in Bangalore.
Acting on a complaint from Rajeshwari’s family, Malleswaram police booked cases against Dr Suresh, a physician, nurse Bhagyalakshmi and two other employees of the government-run KC General Hospital.
Rajeshwari’s family says that the hospital authorities are saying that the wrong label was pasted on the bottle. “My sister’s blood group was O+. The technician gave her B+. By the time they realised the mistake they had already given one bottle. Her situation worsened. She was shifted to another hospital and she died. They are now saying that wrong label was pasted on the bottle,” Rajeshwari’s sister said.