Health Minister orders inquiry into medical negligence complaint

Health Minister Veena George has ordered an enquiry into the complaint that medical negligence at the Palakkad district hospital in treating a nine-year-old girl, who had come to the hospital with a fractured arm, had later led to the amputation of the girl’s arm at Kozhikode Government Medical College Hospital. Ms. George has asked the Director of Health Services to conduct an inquiry into the incident and the allegation of medical negligence on an emergency basis and to take action on the basis of the report.