A few doctors of K.R. Hospital and Cheluvamba Hospital in the city are in the dock as a senior judge has filed a complaint against them on charges of negligence in initiating medical treatment to a 12-year-old who subsequently passed away.
The incident pertains to a Jenu Kuruba tribal family from Kodagu who brought their specially-abled child to Mysuru for treatment but were made to run from pillar to post in quest for treatment.
Though the incident took place on the interim of October 26 night, the FIR was registered by the Devaraja Police the next day following a complaint by A.G. Shilpa, 1st Additional Senior Civil Judge and Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mysuru.