GUWAHATI: A former student of Assam Engineering College alleged medical negligence on a doctor of Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) Dibrugarh, for wrongly treating an infection on his nose which ultimately led to a permanently disfigured nose and a scarred face.
Shyam Sundar Gupta said that he had an infection on the tip of his nose in March 2015 for which he consulted a plastic surgeon at AMCH who gave him an injection directly into the nose.
“The injection resulted in necrosis of the nose after which my nose began turning black and also swelled up a lot,” informed Sundar in a press conference in Guwahati on Tuesday.
He added that due to the negligence of the doctor, he had to undergo five reconstructive plastic surgeries in Chennai which cost him more than Rs 10 lakhs.
“This caused me a lot of physical and emotional trauma. I also lost a year academically due to this,” Sundar further mentioned.
He informed that he has also written to the Medical Council of India (MCI) to take some action against the said doctor.
“But the MCI referred the case to Assam Medical Council but even they haven’t taken any necessary action,” Sundar said.
He has also filed a case with the Assam State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission which is currently subjudice.