SRINAGAR: Relatives of a youth Tuesday alleged that doctors at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) misplaced a skull bone of their son which was earlier preserved for brain graft surgery in the hospital.
The family of 21 year old Inam Muzaffar of Rawalpora said that on November 14, last year, he met an accident and was admitted in SKIMS as he was critically injured.
He had received critical injuries in his head. In SKIMS, the doctors conducted his brain surgery and he was admitted for about 15 days, said Aijaz Ahmad Shalla, a close relative. At that time, fortunately, he recovered but doctors told us that the bone, which they preserved, has to be placed again in his skull after two months. And, they gave us the date of January 20, today, he said.
Aijaz said the patient, who is an orphan, was admitted in SKIMS on Monday (19th of January) and doctors conducted his checkup and other formalities.
But, today all of us were caught in surprise when doctors told us that they cant find the bone and asked us to search it in freezer. Without wasting a second, we started search for the bone, Sajad Ahmad, another relative of Inam said.
He said despite searching thoroughly, we couldnt find the bone and we were shocked when doctors said they had not preserved it that time. The doctors including Head of Department Neurology Altaf Ramzan told us that the bone was not preserved that time as it broke in many pieces, Sajad said.
Lashing out at SKIMS doctors and administration, he said: By this, we came to the conclusion that either SKIMS doctors are careless or they are in hand-in-glove with the vendors who sell different bones.
He accused SKIMS administration of playing with the lives of common people. We have to do this surgery in any case. We will take our son to Delhi but it reflects the state of affairs in the SKIMS, he said.
A senior doctor said that the brain graft surgery can be done by two ways. Either by Autologous or bone bank cadaver. It is like kidney transplantation or heart transplantation, he said.
Meanwhile, the Medical Superintendent SKIMS, Dr Farooq Jan said that he will look into the matter personally. Though I am on vacation, but I will look into it, he added.
Despite repeated attempts, the Head of Department Neurology, Dr Altaf Ramzan, couldnt be contacted. (GNS)
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