Archive · 11 Aug 2026
Telangana Teen Dies After Injection For Fever At Rural Clinic
A 14-year-old girl in India got sick with a cold and a fever.
Her parents took her to a small village clinic called Sampath Clinic.
A doctor there gave her an injection to help her feel better.
But right after getting the injection, the girl had trouble breathing.
Her family rushed her to a bigger hospital in Khammam.
Doctors there tried to help her and checked her heart, but sadly she died.
Her father thinks the injection caused her death.
He went to the police and said the clinic was not careful enough.
Now the police are investigating what happened.
The clinic doctor is missing, so nobody knows yet for sure what caused her death.
A 14-year-old eighth-class student died after developing severe breathing difficulties soon after receiving an injection at a rural medical practitioner's (RMP) clinic in a village in Telangana's Khammam district.
The girl was a student at the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) at Baswapuram and had been suffering from cold and fever before the incident.
Her parents took her to the nearby Sampath Clinic for treatment on Sunday evening, where the family alleged an RMP examined her and administered an injection.
After her condition deteriorated, she was rushed to a private hospital in Khammam, where doctors performed an ECG but she was declared dead.
Her father, Challa Ramesh, lodged a police complaint on Monday alleging negligence; police have registered a case and the RMP is said to be absconding.
- Who
- A 14-year-old eighth-class girl, a student at Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV), Baswapuram; her father Challa Ramesh filed the complaint.
- What
- The girl died after developing severe breathing difficulties soon after receiving an injection for cold and fever at an RMP clinic.
- When
- She received the injection on Sunday evening; the police complaint was lodged on Monday.
- Where
- A village in Telangana's Khammam district, India, at the Sampath Clinic.
- Why
- The family alleges medical negligence by the RMP, but the medical cause of death has not yet been established.
Family Alleges Negligence
Investigation Pending
Cause of Death
Family Alleges Negligence
The family directly blames the injection administered by the RMP as the cause of the girl's death.
Investigation Pending
The medical cause of death has not been established; authorities say any direct link between the injection and the death remains subject to investigation.
Quality of Treatment
Family Alleges Negligence
The family alleges the RMP was negligent in treating the girl and lodged a police complaint against him.
Investigation Pending
No medical or investigative findings have yet determined whether there was any lapse in treatment by the RMP.
- Victim
- 14-year-old eighth-class girl (name not reported)
- School
- Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV), Baswapuram
- Location
- Village in Khammam district, Telangana
- Clinic
- Sampath Clinic, run by a Rural Medical Practitioner (RMP)
- Treatment
- Injection for cold and fever administered on Sunday evening
- Complaint
- Filed by father Challa Ramesh on Monday alleging negligence
- Police status
- Case registered; RMP said to be absconding
- Cause of death
- Not yet established; ECG was performed at a private hospital in Khammam