Overview
- A complaint alleges Bhagyashree Hospital staff sealed a two-and-a-half-year-old’s head wound near the eye with a tube of instant adhesive instead of stitching.
- At Lokpriya Hospital the next morning, clinicians spent about three hours removing hardened glue and then administered four stitches, with the treating doctor noting it was not medical-grade adhesive.
- Meerut Chief Medical Officer Dr Ashok Kataria confirmed a probe committee has been formed and said action will be based on the findings.
- A PTI account quotes the family as saying no doctor was present in the emergency ward, a ward boy applied the substance despite objections, and a tetanus shot was refused.
- The family has also approached the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister’s Office seeking strict action and broader scrutiny of private hospital practices.