Puri 31th March 2019: Tension prevailed in the premise of Puri District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) after a 10-year-old minor boy was allegedly beaten by a doctor inside operation theatre (OT) here.
The boy has been identified as Jayaram Mansingh, son of Arjun Mansingh of Markandeswara Sahi. The accused doctor was identified as PK Jena. According to sources, Jayaram was admitted to the hospital yesterday for his surgery after he was detected with pyomyositis. While the boy was taken to the OT for surgery, he was heard crying, as Jena, who was performing the surgery allegedly slapped Jayaram. Enraged over the incident, kin of the boy and locals demanded action against the accused doctor. Family members of the patient also levelled allegations that the doctor took Rs 900 from them as bribe for carrying out the operation.
On being informed, Kumbharpada police reached the hospital and investigation is on into the matter. The Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) has constituted a committee for probing into the matter. Meanwhile, Jena has refuted the allegations by terming them as baseless.
Prasanta Patnaik