Case against doctors for administering 'contaminated' saline

The city police today registered a case of negligence against the resident medical officer (RMO) of a private hospital and others after an 11-year-old boy was allegedly given a contaminated saline drip.
The boy was admitted to the hospital yesterday after he had an epileptic fit, said inspector V Yadagiri Reddy of Nallakunta police station.
He was put on saline. According to his family members, the bottle of saline solution had traces of fungus.
The boy's uncle today lodged a complaint with police.
Doctors failed to check the bottle before putting the boy on saline drip, and though the bottle was removed after the fungus was noted, some fluid did pass into his body, the complaint said.

The boy was safe and was discharged today.
A case under IPC section 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) was registered against the RMO and other doctors, inspector Reddy said.
"We have seized the saline bottle and sent it for examination," he said.