Mumbai Police Arrest Nurse After Patient Dies Due To Wrong Injection

A 30-year-old nurse in Mumbai's Shivaji Nagar was arrested by the police for allegedly giving a wrong injection to a patient in a private hospital at Govandi. The patient was shifted from there to KEM hospital where she died.

As per reports, a panel of three doctors of JJ Hospital examined the medical reports of the deceased woman and concluded that she died due to a wrong injection. The Shivaji Nagar police registered a case against the nurse based on the doctors' report under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code. The accused nurse has been identified as Nafisha Mohmmad Aslam Shaikh. A doctor named Rehan Khan of Mannat hospital has also been booked.

Mumbai Nurse Arrested For Giving Wrong Injection To Patient:

The police stated that the deceased woman, Shabana Sayyad, 36, was a resident of Shivaji Nagar, Govandi. She had a fever so she visited Mannat hospital near her residence on October 2, 2020, when Nafisha was working there as a nurse. She allegedly gave her an injection and some medicine without consulting with the doctor. After two days, Sayyad's condition reportedly worsened and she got infected at the spot where she was given the injection.

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She again visited the same hospital and Nafisha reportedly gave her some more medicines. Sayyad's family members asked the doctor about the swelling and infection on October 6 and the doctor decided to operate. The deceased was soon discharged after operation. As her condition did not improve, her family members took her to KEM hospital on October 9, 2020 where she died, senior inspector Kishore Gayke of the Shivaji Nagar police station said.

Her family then demanded an investigation after which a board of three doctors of JJ Hospital examined Sayyad's medical reports. On December 27, 2021, the panel of doctors concluded death by wrong injection. Gayke said, "The panel of doctors arrived at a conclusion two days ago and based on their report we recorded a statement of the victim’s sister Shehnaz Ansari, 45, and registered a case and arrested Nafisha."

"We have also recorded the statement of Dr Rehan Khan, owner of the hospital but he claimed that he had called a visiting doctor, Kazim Khan who operated on the victim. We have been now investigating that part also to find out who conducted the operation,” added Gayke. The accused nurse has reportedly not submitted any document related to her qualifications as a nurse.