A seven-year-old child died after being given an antibiotic injection at a private clinic in Bundi, Rajasthan. Regarding the incident, the police said that the child died after taking an antibiotic injection at a private clinic run by a retired pediatrician.
According to a news agency report, 7-year-old Kunj Meena of Kanaheda village was brought to a private doctor’s clinic in Bundi on Thursday afternoon complaining of fever, cough and cold.Pediatrician Dr KC Gagrani said that he gave a prescription to his mother but asked for an injection. The doctor said, on her request, the staff gave the normal dose of antibiotics (ceftriaxone).
Dr Gagrani said, ‘However, soon after the injection, the boy started foaming at the mouth and fell unconscious. He died while trying to treat him. The doctor said, ‘This is the second case of anaphylactic shock I have seen in my 40 years of medical career, the first case was in 1980 at the Government Community Health Center in Talera. He said, it is quite impossible to save someone from anaphylactic shock.
Dr Gagrani said that after the boy’s condition deteriorated, his mother told him about the allergic reaction he had suffered after being given an injection in their village three days ago.The doctor said, ‘The injection caused a reaction on his skin and this could be the cause of death.
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He said, ‘If the child’s mother had told me about the injection in advance, I would not have given the dose of antibiotics.’ Regarding the case, SHO Tejpal of Bundi City Police Station said that on the complaint of the boy’s mother, the police have registered a case of suspicious death under section 194 of BNSS.