Anaesthetist in Kerala booked after toddler suffers brain damage

A case has been registered against an anaesthetist in Kerala after a toddler suffered brain damage following a routine procedure. The family alleges medical negligence, while the hospital maintains that the child suffered a cardiac arrest, a known potential complication.
The Payyannur police have registered a case against anaesthetist Dr. Anjali Poduval of Baby Memorial Hospital, Payyannur, Kannur, Kerala, following allegations that negligence in administering anaesthesia left a one-year-and-five-month-old child critically ill with brain damage.
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