Karnataka: Doctor refuses to treat gangrene patient under pretext of Mahalaya Amavasya holiday (Video)

Karnataka: Doctor refuses to treat gangrene patient under pretext of Mahalaya Amavasya holiday (Video)

Published : Oct 10, 2018, 02:33 PM IST

Doctor Vasundhara Hegde from primary health centre of Kushalnagar, Kodagu district of Karnataka, refused to treat gangrene patient citing she is on a holiday.

On Monday (October 8) Kushalanagar's primary health centre doctor of Karnataka's Kodagu, refused to treat a gangrene patient stating that she's on a holiday on the occasion of Mahalaya Amavasya. The doctor Vasundhara Hegde refused to treat Thalamma, who was suffering from gangrene in Karnataka's Kushalnagar. The local residents began to question the doctor in this regard. Due to gangrene, the patient had lost half her feet.