Sick Child Died
While The Doctor
Watching TV
A four-year-old child allegedly died due to medical negligence after admission to a hospital in the Rattota area of Matale District, sources said
The child is Pamudha Hirushan of Pallegama, Pitakanda in Rattota. The child had fallen sick on Vesak Poya Day after he returned home from a pilgrimage to the Aluvihare Temple in Matale.
The child’s mother, Damayanthi Kumari said, “When we took the child to hospital, the doctor was watching TV. I pleaded with the doctor to help. He told me that the child had had a fit. A little later, he informed me that the child was OK, and
went back to watch TV. Had he been a little more attentive, my child would have been saved.”
The child’s father was too distressed to speak.
