Almost two years after a newborn baby boy lost his vision due to alleged wrong treatment in the hospital where he was born, the police on Tuesday filed a charge sheet against the accused before the Judicial Magistrate – III here.
Three lady doctors and the owner of the hospital, a paediatrician and gynaecologist and the hospital have been named as the accused in the case. Charges were filed against them under sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating) and 338 (causing grievous hurt by an act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the Indian Penal Code.
The baby’s father M. Devendiran (32) a sales executive from Kolathupalayam in Thondamuthur said that his wife Sowmya delivered the boy (Saisajith) at the private hospital on March 5, 2014. He said that the boy was in an incubator and was administered with injections. “On the third day, we saw his eyes swollen and shifted him to another hospital,” he said.
He added that his son was in the intensive care unit for more than six weeks, as the boy developed severe bodily ailments due to the injections he was administered in the first hospital. “While he recovered from other ailments, doctors said that his vision is permanently affected,” he said.
Three lady doctors and the owner of the hospital, a paediatrician and gynaecologist and the hospital have been named as the accused in the case. Charges were filed against them under sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating) and 338 (causing grievous hurt by an act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the Indian Penal Code.
The baby’s father M. Devendiran (32) a sales executive from Kolathupalayam in Thondamuthur said that his wife Sowmya delivered the boy (Saisajith) at the private hospital on March 5, 2014. He said that the boy was in an incubator and was administered with injections. “On the third day, we saw his eyes swollen and shifted him to another hospital,” he said.
He added that his son was in the intensive care unit for more than six weeks, as the boy developed severe bodily ailments due to the injections he was administered in the first hospital. “While he recovered from other ailments, doctors said that his vision is permanently affected,” he said.