Amidst the corridors of Kozhikode Medical College unfolds yet another startling saga of purported medical oversight. A tender four-year-old, Ayisha Ruva, hailing from Cheruvannur, found herself ensnared in a disconcerting twist of fate. What was intended to be the removal of her supernumerary digit took an unexpected turn into the realm of lingual surgery.
In a somber acknowledgment of their lapse, the attending physicians offered contrition, while the hospital’s administrative echelon promptly commissioned an exigent inquiry.
This morning, Ayisha’s guardians sought recourse at Kozhikode Medical College, beseeching intervention for the extraction of her hexadactyl appendage, which had become ensnared within her tresses, precipitating discomfort. Admitted forthwith, Ayisha was ushered into the hallowed precincts of the operating theatre at the stroke of nine for the anticipated procedure.
Upon her emergence from the theater, her progenitors were flummoxed to discover the presence of gauze adorning her oral cavity, even as her sixth digit remained unscathed. A querying glance directed towards the attending nurse yielded the startling revelation that the child had unwittingly undergone a frenectomy, a surgical intervention designed to liberate the tethering frenulum and facilitate unimpeded lingual mobility.
Alarmed by this revelation, the distressed parents vehemently asserted the incongruity of the situation, emphasizing their original intent of digit amputation, with no mention of any impediment to oral mobility necessitating surgical intervention. Sensing the gravity of their oversight, the medical practitioners swiftly tendered apologies to the aggrieved family, conceding to the inadvertent conflation of surgical objectives.
Subsequent to the exposure of this unfortunate incident, the superintendent of the medical institution issued a directive for an expeditious inquiry. “While it transpires that the child indeed underwent a frenectomy, her guardians affirm no prior knowledge or consent for such an intervention, having sought solely the excision of the supernumerary digit. This matter warrants thorough investigation,” remarked the superintendent.
It is noteworthy that the annals of Kozhikode Medical College bear witness to a prior indictment of medical malpractice, dating back to 2017, when a grievous oversight led to the inadvertent retention of a pair of surgical scissors within a woman’s abdominal cavity subsequent to a cesarean section. Harshina, a homemaker, continues to grapple with the enduring quest for restitution, emblematic of the lasting ramifications of medical fallibility.