Overview
- Officials say the one-and-a-half-month-old’s thumb was cut while a nurse removed an IV cannula secured with adhesive tape in the chest ward on Wednesday.
- The infant, admitted for pneumonia and previously on ventilator support, underwent reattachment surgery at the Super Speciality Hospital and is reported stable.
- The nursing officer on duty was suspended, and one month’s salary for three senior nursing staff was ordered withheld for supervisory lapses.
- An inquiry panel led by superintendent Dr Ashok Yadav with Dr Nirbhay Mehta, Dr Rohit Baderia, and nursing superintendent Dayavati Dayal has recorded statements and is preparing its report.
- Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla directed a thorough probe with strict action if culpability is found, as the incident renews scrutiny of MY Hospital’s safety record after earlier reports of rat-bite newborn deaths.