In a rare instance, the High Court of Karnataka has directed the city police to register an FIR and conduct an investigation into the complaint on the death of a 65-year-old man due to alleged medical negligence after being treated in two private hospitals in the city last year.
The court passed the order on a petition filed by Vikas M. Dev of Nagarabhavi in the city, who had questioned non-registration of FIR by the police even after a preliminary report on the cause of death referred to alleged medical negligence on conduct of various surgical procedure due to which his father, M.C. Mahadeva, died in April last year after being treated for chronic kidney disease.
