Negligence of Doctors During Surgery Takes life, complaint filed
Puttur: A 45-year-old man died after he suffered excess bleeding during surgery. Narnappa Gowda (45), from Herembadi Barla was admitted to a private hospital for neck surgery.
On February 7, Narnappa Gowda underwent surgery to remove the tumour from the right side of the neck. But during the surgery, the nerve got severed and there was severe bleeding.
Narnappa was given blood but his condition was deteriorating. On February 8, he was shifted from Puttur to Mangaluru hospital for treatment. Narnappa without responding to the treatment in Mangaluru breathed his last on February 9.
Narnappa’s daughter Kavya filed a complaint against the doctor for negligence during the surgery in the Puttur Town police station. The Puttur Town police have registered a case against the doctors involved in the surgery and investigation is on.
