Even as the indefinite ‘satyagraha’ staged by Adivaram native K.K. Harshina outside the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, seeking justice in her alleged botched C-Section surgery case will complete three months on Tuesday, Health Minister Veena George has said that the ongoing police probe into Ms. Harshina’s allegations is based on her department’s directive.
Ms. George told the media here on Monday that how a surgical instrument was left behind in Ms. Harshina’s abdomen should be found out. “We need to identify the culprits. They should be brought to book. Action will be initiated against them. There is no dispute on that,” the Minister pointed out.
Ms. George claimed that the decision to institute a police probe into the case was taken after two rounds of inquiries by the Health department failed to yield proper results. She said that the outcomes in both the investigations had not been satisfactory. Ms. George refuted allegations that attempts were being made to scuttle the probe.
