Child rights commission finds medical negligence led to student death in Ranni hospital
Aaron V Varghese died in Feb 2024, after he was admitted to the hospital for sustaining an injury while playing in school. The commission also ordered compensation of Rs 10 lakh to Aaron's parents.
The commission stated that after a thorough examination of the petition and reports, it was found that there was a mistake in the child's treatment. The commission also discovered that the postmortem was tampered with to help the private hospital. The cause of death was anaesthesia without proper examination of the student who came with a fractured right arm.
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