Mumbai: Four months after minor's death, doctor booked for negligence

MUMBAI: Four months after the death of a 16-year-old girl had been admitted to a nursing home at Vasai for suspected dengue, the police have filed a case of causing death due to negligence against the doctor. The action comes after doctors at Palghar district health department concluded that it was a case of medical negligence.


Kajal Choudhary, a class 10 student, was admitted to on September 16 with complaint of severe headache.

The next day, Kajal complained of uneasiness. The family alleged that the doctor treating the girl kept them in the dark about Kajal's condition and did not allow them to move her to another hospital. By noon, they were informed of Kajal's death.

The body was taken for autopsy to the J J hospital. The report is pending. The family filed a medical negligence case against the doctor at Manickpur police station. The family alleged that the doctor administered wrong medicine that took her life.

Manickpur police inspector Rajendra Kamble said that Kajal's medical reports were sent to the panel of doctors of the district health department. The expert panel opined that the doctor should have sought opinion of an "MD doctor".

The doctor has been booked for causing death due to negligence, the police said.