HYDERABAD: HMWS&SB managing director K. Ashok Reddy during a surprise inspection at the Tattikhana and Jubilee Hills tanker filling stations on Saturday examined the tanker supply in the respective command areas and carried out detailed review of the delivery process. he also checked the timeliness of tanker distribution, quality of services being provided to consumers and the functioning of the filling stations.
Ashok Reddy issued clear instructions to officials to ensure that tanker deliveries are carried out as per schedule without fail as well as strengthen the monitoring mechanism to avoid negligence or delays in delivery services. He also asked for continuous monitoring in three shifts over the next one week to ensure uninterrupted water supply management.
Student dies during treatment at Gandhi hospital, family alleges negligence
HYDERABAD: A 19-year-old BSc. operation theatre technician student of Gandhi Medical College died while undergoing treatment for fibroadenoma of the breast at Gandhi Hospital on Friday, triggering protests by family members, who alleged medical negligence and mishandling. A case has been registered at Chilkalguda police station. Fibroadenoma refers to a non-cancerous tumour.
According to a statement issued by Gandhi Hospital, M. Pallavi Goud was admitted to the department of general surgery on May 16. The hospital said she was evaluated before surgery and all pre-operative tests were found to be normal.
The hospital stated that after obtaining all necessary consents, surgery for fibroadenoma of the breast was performed on May 19 and was uneventful. During the morning rounds on May 20, doctors noticed mild discoloration near the dressing area and decided to conduct a re-exploration surgery. Hospital officials said blood clots were removed and haemostasis was secured.
Subsequently, the patient developed deranged coagulopathy which affects the blood’s ability to clot and was transfused with required blood products. Later that evening, she reportedly developed hypotension (low BP), pulmonary complications and elevated D-Dimer (related to blood clot dissolution) levels, indicating possible disseminated intravascular coagulation a life-threatening condition where the blood’s clotting mechanism becomes overactive leading to sepsis and multi-organ dysfunction syndrome.
“She was put on ventilatory support with all advanced life support measures, but could not be revived and succumbed in the early hours of May 23,” the hospital statement said.
Following her death, a large number of her relatives and supporters gathered near the hospital mortuary demanding answers from the hospital administration. Family members alleged they were not properly informed about the complications and questioned whether inexperienced doctors had performed the surgery.
“This was supposed to be a simple surgery. After the first surgery, she started bleeding and later many senior doctors came for another operation. We were informed very late that she was critical. We want to know the entire process and who performed the surgery,” alleged her father.
Responding to the allegations, Gandhi Hospital superintendent Dr N. Vani said junior doctors were only permitted to assist and not independently perform surgeries. “The patient developed severe bleeding complications and despite all efforts and medications, she could not be saved. An internal inquiry has also been initiated to determine whether this was due to surgical complications or any underlying health condition,” she said.
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