The court gave the direction during the hearing of a petition filed by Dr. Arvind Gupta, the Head of Department and professor at Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Prayagraj. The petition was filed in response to a complaint filed by a patient against Dr. Gupta for giving him the wrong treatment at a private nursing home
The development has opened a can of worms for the hospital as this is not a one-off incidence when the medical institution made headlines for all the wrong reasons.
After extracting the eel, the physicians also removed a lemon from the anus. After ensuring that there were no further foreign objects, the rectum and colon holes were attached.
Justice Panigrahi of Orissa High Court asked the chief secretary to send a circular to the state's government and private medical institutes and hospitals requiring doctors to write the names of medications clearly.
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