Tension prevailed on NIMHANS premises for some time on Thursday when relatives of an 18-month-old boy with head injuries, who was rushed to Bengaluru from Hassan government hospital through zero traffic within 1 hour 40 minutes but succumbed on Wednesday, staged a protest.
The parents of the boy, from Gonibeedu in Sakleshpur, alleged a delay in treatment, but NIMHANS authorities maintained that they were informed about the poor prognosis and unavailability of a ventilator bed.
The boy slipped from the stairs while playing and sustained severe head injuries. He was rushed to a local hospital and then to Hassan district hospital where the doctors referred him to NIMHANS.
