Dead man’s eye goes missing at Bihar hospital, doctors blame rats, family suspects foul play

His assemblage was kept connected the ICU furniture arsenic post-mortem introspection could not beryllium conducted astatine night. The autopsy was conducted connected Saturday morning.

“As the assemblage was being brought from the morgue, we noticed that the near oculus was missing and a surgical leaf was lying connected the stretcher beside the body,” a household subordinate said.

The household members alleged negligence and foul play, portion immoderate doctors suspected that rats mightiness person gnawed the eye.

Speaking to reporters, NMCH aesculapian superintendent Binod Kumar Singh said, “A aesculapian squad has been constituted to probe the matter. It’s a superior contented and strict enactment indispensable beryllium taken against those recovered guilty.” “A radical of doctors fishy that rats mightiness person gnawed the eye. All aspects pertaining to the incidental are being probed. We are besides waiting for the autopsy report,” helium said.

“How the oculus was gouged retired tin lone beryllium known aft receiving the autopsy report. The infirmary medication has besides lodged a ceremonial ailment with the Alamganj constabulary presumption successful this regard,” the aesculapian superintendent said.

Speaking to PTI connected Sunday, Rajiv Kumar, Station House Officer (SHO) of Alamganj constabulary station, said, “A lawsuit has been registered connected the ground of a ceremonial ailment filed by the infirmary administration. We are examining the CCTV footage of the infirmary and besides sought clarifications from the doctors who performed the post-mortem examination. We are besides examining household members of the deceased arsenic good arsenic different infirmary staffers. The lawsuit is being investigated from each angles.” Family members of the deceased person not lodged immoderate ailment truthful far.