Chennai: In Tiruvottiyur, a young man died within minutes of being given an injection. Police are investigating whether the death was caused by improper treatment.
Lokesh (26) is from the Moolachathiram area of Madhavaram Milk Colony, Chennai. It is said that he was addicted to alcohol. He got married last year.
In this situation, in an effort to help Lokesh recover from his alcohol addiction, his parents admitted him on the 29th to a private hospital in the Moolakadai area. There, a nurse who was on duty the day before yesterday evening administered an injection to Lokesh.
Within a few minutes of being injected, Lokesh’s condition appears to have worsened. At that time, since there were no doctors in the hospital, the nurse called an ambulance and arranged to send Lokesh to another private hospital in Madhavaram.
Meanwhile, the ambulance staff who arrived there examined Lokesh and said that he had already died. However, the nurse said that Lokesh was alive and that they had examined him, and sent him in the ambulance to another hospital.
Doctors who examined Lokesh there informed that he had already died and sent his body back to the nursing home concerned.
Angered by this, Lokesh’s parents and relatives engaged in an argument with the hospital administration. In connection with this matter, Kodungaiyur police have registered a case and are investigating.
