• Source:JND

Indore News: In a major medical irresponsibility, a nursing staff member accidentally severed an infant’s thumb while removing an intravenous catheter. The incident took place at the New Chest Ward of the Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital in Indore, where a one-and-a-half-month-old baby was admitted on December 24 after being diagnosed with pneumonia.

According to the infant’s mother, Betwa resident Anjubai, a nursing officer was called after swelling was noticed on the baby’s hand. The nurse accidentally cut through the baby’s finger while cutting the tape of the intravenous catheter with scissors.

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Action Taken Against Nursing Staff

The infant was immediately referred to a super-speciality hospital in Indore, where a team of plastic surgeons conducted an emergency surgery to reattach the severed thumb. Hospital authorities stated that the surgery was successful, and the baby's condition is currently stable. The infant is still under observation.

Following the incident on Wednesday, Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital Dean Dr Arvind Ghanghoria suspended the nursing officer involved, identified as Aarti Shrotriya, and withheld one month's salary of three nursing in-charges. A three-member inquiry committee has been formed under the chairmanship of Dr Ashok Yadav, Superintendent of the hospital.

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The committee members, Dr Nirbhay Mehta, in charge of the New Chest Ward; Dr Rohit Baderia, Deputy Superintendent; and Dayawati Dayal, Nursing Superintendent, are likely to submit the report shortly as the statements have been recorded.


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