LUCKNOW: Police on Saturday lodged an FIR against two doctors and the manager of a private hospital for alleged medical negligence following the death of a man after a surgery for kidney stone removal in Rae Bareli.Lodging a complaint at Kotwali Nagar police station, Santosh Kumar Gupta said his son Deepak Gupta, 22, was suffering from kidney stones and was misled by hospital manager Ajay Yadav, who took him to the hospital on Dec 14.He alleged doctors initially said surgery was required only in one kidney. However, during the operation conducted late in the night, both kidneys were allegedly operated upon without consent. Santosh claimed that soon after the surgery, his son’s condition started deteriorating. Despite repeated pleas, the doctors kept assuring the family the patient would recover. By Dec 16, Deepak’s condition worsened significantly.The complainant alleged when the family insisted on shifting Deepak to Lucknow, hospital staff attempted to force them to take him to another hospital of their choice in Mohanlalganj.Eventually, Deepak was taken to a private hospital in Lucknow where doctors pronounced him dead. A post-mortem examination was conducted at King George’s Medical University on Dec 17, but the cause of death could not be established.
