Probe underway as child dies after surgery at J’Pura hospital

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By Gayan Suriyaarachchi and Bimal Shyaman

A nine-year-old boy reportedly died after undergoing surgery at the Sri Jayawardenepura Hospital raising concerns over potential medical negligence.

Dhanuja Vikramarachchi, a Grade 4 student from Haltota, was admitted to the hospital on December 17th for surgery related to a urinary tract condition.

The surgery was conducted on December 18th, but the boy failed to regain consciousness afterwards, the parents claim. Despite being transferred to the Intensive Care Unit at Ridgeway Children's Hospital, Dhanuja's condition deteriorated, and he died on December 22nd.

The boy's parents have filed a complaint with the police, alleging potential medical negligence. The investigations are underway.

Several attempts to contact the director of Sri Jayawardanapura General Hospital failed.

Comments - 3

dinesh Tuesday, 24 December 2024 10:49 AM

usually not a surprise...most are into scratching each others back...either will look the other way, or worse still, help to try and cover up.

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Dam Tuesday, 24 December 2024 01:10 PM

J'Pura Hospital's glory days are long gone. It's disastrous. Probably young new docs have no control and nurses put their arms around doctors shoulders in public ... it's visible. Just imagine

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Ram P Tuesday, 24 December 2024 03:17 PM

Hope the any negligence will not be swept under the carpet likelin the olden days. Normally Doctors are slow to highlight mistakes of their colleagues. This is why most Medical negligence matters fail in Sri lanka

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