Photo: Doctor uses YouTube videos to perform botched surgery
Teenager dies in India after being operated on by a so-called doctor who apparently performed a procedure on his gallbladder using YouTube videos as a guide, according to local media.
The case happened in the district of Saran (state of Bihar), where Krishna Kumar, 15, was taken to hospital on Friday night for recurrent vomiting and severe stomach pains.Ajit Kumar Puri, who ran the clinic, decided that the boy had to be taken to the operating room to have a stone removed.
The officer decided to operate on the patient without the consent of the family, who did not know for sure whether he was actually a certified doctor.We believe it was fake and he was posing as one.“his relatives said, quoted by NDTV.
According to the young man’s relatives, Ajit was repeatedly watching YouTube material on his mobile phone during the procedure. Somehow, he finally performed the surgery.
Photo: Doctor uses YouTube videos to perform botched surgery
Teenager dies after being operated on by fake doctor in India
However, Krishna later began to suffer from increasingly severe pains in his abdomen and his relatives complained to the doctor.That same night, he stopped breathing and had to be resuscitated, the Hindustan Times reported.
Seeing the situation worsening, Ajit himself left with the teenager in an ambulance for a hospital in the neighbouring town of Patna, but died on the way.
The alleged doctor and the staff accompanying him “They left the teenager’s body on the stairs of the clinic and fled“says the victim’s grandfather.
The family filed a complaint with the Policeaccusing Puri of gross negligence and malpractice. When relatives were asked why they had taken the child to be examined by Puri, if they were unsure of his experience and competence, they replied; “We just wanted him to stop vomiting.” Authorities are carrying out raids in an attempt to arrest all those involved.
