Patient dies after tonsil operation
Source: Hueiyen News Service / Newmai News Network
Imphal, May 11 2013 :
A 41-year-old man died here after a routine tonsil operation in one of the premier medical institutes of Manipur Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) .
Soram Bishwajit, son of S Rajo, a resident of Kongba Khetri Leikai in Imphal East admitted at the hospital yesterday for tonsil surgery.
According to his family, he had a brisk walk this morning before he died suddenly at the hospital after his tonsil was removed.
Shortly after his death, the enraged patient party protested inside the hospital and blamed the doctors who were on duty for negligence and wrong medication to the patient after the operation.
They also damaged some ambulances of the hospital but the police managed to control them on time.
Later, the concerned MLA came to the site and held a joint meeting with the hospital authority following which the situation was brought to normalcy.