1 year ago
Doctor Suspended After Administering Injection in Wrong Eye
Imagine a lady went to the hospital because her eye was blurry.
The doctor was supposed to give her a shot in her left eye.
However, the doctor accidentally gave her the shot in the wrong eye, her right eye!
The lady's family noticed the mistake and complained.
The doctor was suspended from work, and the police are looking into what happened.
Now the lady is dealing with the consequences of the doctor's mistake.
The hospital is investigating, too, and wants to make sure things like this don't happen again.
A doctor injected the wrong eye of a patient.
The patient, Asoor Beevi, was receiving treatment for blurred vision.
The doctor, S S Sujesh, was suspended following a complaint.
The incident occurred at the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology.
Police have registered a case of medical negligence.
- Who
- A 59-year-old patient named Asoor Beevi was injected in the wrong eye by Dr. S S Sujesh.
- What
- A doctor administered an injection in the wrong eye of a patient.
- Where
- At the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology in Thiruvananthapuram.
- When
- The incident occurred on Monday and the doctor was suspended on Thursday.
- Why
- Due to medical negligence, leading to a complaint and subsequent investigation.
Key facts
- Patient's Name
- Asoor Beevi
- Doctor
- S S Sujesh
- Hospital
- Regional Institute of Ophthalmology
- Location
- Thiruvananthapuram
- Injection Eye
- Right Eye
- Target Eye
- Left Eye
- Patient's Condition
- Blurred Vision
- Medicine Cost
- Rs 6,000
