‘Botched’ surgery: Harshina to stage ‘satyagraha’ outside Secretariat on October 8

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K.K. Harshina, an alleged unfortunate of a “botched” country astatine the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, is readying to signifier a ‘satyagraha’ extracurricular the State Secretariat successful Thiruvananthapuram connected October 8.

She is seeking the assignment of a peculiar authoritative successful a aesculapian negligence lawsuit pending successful the tribunal related to the incidental and fiscal assistance for continuing her aesculapian treatment. A surgical instrumentality was reportedly near down wrong Ms. Harshina’s tummy during a C-Section country held astatine the infirmary successful 2017. It was removed done different country lone successful 2022, that excessively aft she went done a sizeable magnitude of pain, Dinesh Perumanna and Musthafa Palazhi, functionaries of the Harshina Samarasahaya Samithi, told the media connected Monday (October 6).

She had been undergoing terrible symptom adjacent aft the removal of the instrument, they claimed, demanding that the authorities guarantee adept aesculapian attraction for her. Though the constabulary had filed a complaint expanse successful the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court astatine Kunnamangalam successful Kozhikode, indicting the wellness unit connected work during the surgery, the accused managed to get a enactment connected the proceedings from the Kerala High Court successful July 2024. Mr. Dinesh and Mr. Musthafa claimed that the proceedings was yet to statesman due to the fact that of the stay. They besides alleged that the prosecution’s reluctance to database the lawsuit again successful the High Court had led to suspicions astir attempts to sabotage the case.

Meanwhile, Ms. Harshina said that though she had staged agitations seeking justness extracurricular the aesculapian assemblage infirmary much than erstwhile successful the past 3 years, the Health section had not yet afloat addressed her concerns. “The Health Minister and the authorities person reiterated that they are with me. However, thing seems to beryllium happening. I request fiscal assistance for my aesculapian treatment,” she said. Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan is scheduled to unfastened the protestation astatine 10 a.m. extracurricular the Secretariat.

Published - October 06, 2025 06:22 p.m. IST

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