[Resolved]  Apollo Hospital, Bangalore — Medical Negligence & Death of Child

I everyday pray fervently to GOD, to bless and take care of every child of earth.
I take this opportunity to express my grief for the parents.

Dr- Alladi, son of , he should be hanged in a road with that nurse who gave high dossage.

My deep condolences for the bereaved family.
There is desperate need for Apollo Hospital and other hospitals to introspect and bring in necessary steps to prevent such disasters recurring. Apollo hospitals is supposedly a ISO and other certified hospitals, like any other certified It company, if the certification is just granted over period of a two/three day audit, It is like any other IT company getting certified by preparing just one week before the audit. None of these guys have ever understood and imbibed the true lessons taught by the certifications.
I think there is a need for more comprehensive way to certify a Hospital. Hospitals generally today are more Business houses and Certifications are more a business necessity. I also understand that Doctors are mere pawns in the game of business played by Hospital Management teams like any other business. The business motive behind todays successful hospitals is even more dangerous than even the mining business going all over the country. Today its Dr. Anand and tomorrow it will be somebody else.
The difference I see between todays commercial hospitals and charitable institutions like CMC Vellore is incomparable. CMC Vellore is built on ethical values and empathy while commercial hospitals are built on opportunities and profit making aspirations.
The reason that makes me think this way is that I have personally interacted with Dr. Anand Alladi in Apollo hospital Bangalore for a minor surgery to my son and my nephew in another case.
I am shocked and surprised by this news though as I had seen Dr. Anand Alladi being extremely careful in handling the kids (my nephew was only 3 years old).

My deepest sympathies to the parents of Master Advaith Kashyap. There is no greater hardship than loosing ones child. We hope and pray that God gives you immense strength and help you see meaning in Master Advaith's short but beautiful life. God recalls the ones dearest to Him the soonest.

My own experience with Dr. Alladi has been very positive and I would be remiss not to present that side of the story. An infant in our native village had a life threatening kidney infection. Dr. Alladi had to perform multiple procedures in order to save the infant's life. He even went out of the way in procuring certain equipment not available in Vani Vilas Hospital in order to help the infant. He was kind, caring and skillful. He was not motivated by money and was not paid anything by the poor village folk. However he did get his reward in seeing the infant grow into a happy robust toddler.

From what I know about the facts involving Master Advaith, I do not see Dr. Alladi as being negligent. It is impossible for doctors to be at the bedside of patients throughout the post op course. There are many other patient's who are counting on the doctor's talents and demand his or her time and attention. That is where the hospital and their trained paramedical team including nurses come in. The hospital should have checks and balances to prevent medication errors and the personnel and equipment to deal with complications from side effects of medications for they are bound to happen. If there is any failing that cost the precious life of Master Advaith, it is lies with the hospital. They should learn from this sad experience and improve their processes so that lives are saved in the future. That would be a great tribute to Master Advaith's life.

My only intention in writing this comment is not to defend anyone but to give truth and fairness a chance. My prayers to Master Advaith and his parents and extended family.

The doctors take oath while taking degree and forget the moment they become famous. They are after money. If such a death or reaction of the drug to a very small kid of his own or his kith and kins, will he leave the child like that and go to his job where he is employed? The wearer knows the shoe bite. He does not even think how the family is suffering. No one can understand the pain they are undergoing.He is inhuman. he might have done many surgeries successfully. Some one told that for one child he is being punished. That one child is precious to his parents and grand parents. He has given happiness by his play activities and baby talk and cute behaviour, in their life at the age of one year and four months. Suddenly this man takes away the child's life. Do you like it? Is it not his responsibility to give the child back safe to the parents? Then why did he assured the parents before surgery? After all it is a simple procedure of 15-20 minutes. Child did not have any illness or heart problem or any other disease to lose his life. He has neglected his responsibility. God should punish him.

I have few questions for the hospital and the doctor -

Why was ICU not monitored by the anaesthetist ?
Why there is no protocol to treat or manage anaphylaxis ?
Why do they put anybody on ventilator when they know they are already dead and bill them ?
Why was the wrong dose adminstered ? What was the problem in communication ?
Our people should learn to ask more questions like - Is the surgery obsolutely necessary or not ?

Doctor working in a Private hospital when he is not supposed to and a baby dying of anaphylaxis should be investigated as seperate incidents.

I can not begin to imagine the pain, parents of Advaith are going through. Only time will heal and give them some comfort over the years. I would like people to know that blaming a doctor, in this case Dr Alladi and calling him a monster will not help anybody in the future. No surgeon can nurse the patient during his/her post operative period. Every surgery carries complications which nobody can foresee. ICU should have basic facilities and always covered by a skilled anaesthetist. Every ward should have protocols as to how to deal with an emergency. Childrens ward should have a list of medicine doses and a nurse should have access to them if in doubt. Nurses should have the right to question the doctor if she is not happy with the management as in westeren countries. Duty of care applies to both private and state hospitals.
Why do we just accept whatever the doctor says? Patients shoud get the explanation, involved in management plan and allowed to ask questions?. In this day of electronic age, one can research and find out more about medical conditions. Unless people's knowledge in health and consumerism in healthcare imporves, these things do happen. I this case the responsibilty seems to lie with the hospital and not the doctor.

Sorry for the family.My advise as a medical person is never go to such corporate hospitals, they are more or less like luxury hotels which gives every service, but lacks the basic thing-medical exellence.Those doctors who join this kind of organisation come there for money sake.In my experience I have seen far better doctors in small hospitals.

This is w.r.t Sarjapur road Apollo clinic, i chose this clinic coz of the name since i felt i could trust the doctors there. I had severe throat pain with high fever and i could self diagnose that i had tonsil issue. Since no ENT was available and i could hardly sit, i went for a general physician - Mrs Kranti, she put me on Azithral and my fever went off but on 7th i started having very severe throat and ear infection and i took a peek into my throat only to realize its a follicular tonsil. Myself being a software engineer with no Dr. degree i could make out Azithral wont help since My daughter had the same problem and she was put on augmentin. I had to wait till Monday to see an ENT, the ENT (from a different clinic, GOD knows i will never step into an Apollo clinic ever again) confirmed that its follicular and Azithral wont help. Fact is even a software engineer knows that Azithral will kill fever but not necessarily the cause. Having said all this i seriously doubt if the doctors in the Apollo clinic are actually doctors. Even for such and apparent and simple problem nor was it diagnosed properly, putting me on azithral worsened it for me. I am thinking what would be the fate of innocent people who walk into such clinics for pregnancy/ any life critical treatments. I seriously think the doctors there have fake certificates.

Thank god i googled about the hospital before taking my son, 1yr 3 months there. If something goes wrong suing or crying cannot get us what we lost... And suing in this country where laws take the side affluent and rich... what justice can one expect... Its a shame when a hospital like Apollo fails to deliver when they charge such heavy amounts for treatments. After all with this high charges they levy can they not afford their own doctors?????? Can anyone tell me where should i take my son for inguinal hernia surgery.

Yes, he should be brought to justice. He adminis
tered renal scan twice for mild hydronephrosis. God !! he said the risk is minimum than x-rays.

Somebody has written that he would have prescribed the right dosage and the nurse would have given a wrong one ! I am sure this comment has come from the blood thirsty animal anand alladi himself or from his family members. This guy has a special taste for childrens blood, god !! why dont you take his away?????

I have seen this guy interacting with nurses and confirming things, or nurses taking his confirmation before giving anything, this doctor is a
criminal minded rascal, i wish a similar thing happens to his family very very soon.

Please read this to understand what kind of a criminal this doctor anand alladi is !!!
Doctor in the dock for dereliction of duty

Last updated: 25 September, 2011
Bangalore, Sep 25, DHNS:
Medical Education Minister S A Ramdas is in the process of sending a suspension order to the department principal secretary over the case of medical negligence caused by a doctor from Vani Vilas Hospital in his private practice during duty hours. Ramdas said he was would send the order to the principal secretary on Monday.
Meanwhile, Dr O S Siddappa, who had sent a notice to Dr Anand Alladi for his response to the accusation a week ago, said that he has received a reply from Dr Alladi, which he has to submit to the government.

In January this year, a child died after a surgery conducted by Dr Alladi in Apollo Hospital. Dr Alladi is on the payrolls of Vani Vilas Hospital and performed the operation during duty hours.

After trying with many authorities to get the doctor to pay for the negligence, the child’s grandparents – Dr Narasimha Murthy and his wife – approached Ramdas and gave a written complaint in June.

Following this, the minister ordered an inquiry into the matter and the inquiry report recommended that a criminal complaint be registered against the doctor at the jurisdictional police station.

The complaint has been filed in Wilson Garden police station. It also recommended that compensation for the death should be borne by the doctor. The inquiry report also stated that the attendance report had been tampered with and that the doctor had given a leave letter without getting authorisation from the medical superintendent.

Apollo hospital, Bangalore is a [censored] up place… money minded doctors, money minded management. They don't care for anything except money and unwanted tests. No progress, no status, no moral support. No one cares if the patient wants something like food or anything. Irresponsible staff. No response or care or respect for the attendees. Slow and late treatments purposefully to add up the bills. They [censored] up with the final bills, adding unwanted, irrelevant medicines, tests etc. Even if some1 has already paid fee for a test, the same test would have been added again in the final bill. So its cheating from day 1 to the billing session. Please be careful guys. Had a pathetic, unpleasant, "never returning to Apollo" experience.