Doctors' alleged negligence kills patient in Attock.

Attock -- A case of alleged medical negligence which caused the death of a 14-year-old female patient surfaced in District Headquarters Hospital Attock on Tuesday.

A massive protest by the family members of the deceased patient forced the police to register a case against the said doctor and health authorities to suspend the doctor and initiate departmental inquiry against him for his alleged negligence.

According to the First Information Report registered with the city police station, complainant Yasmeen Bibi, a resident of Mullah Mansoor alleged that she brought her 14-year-old daughter Liayba Bibi to the ENT specialist at District Headquarters Hospital Attock as she was feeling pain in her throat where the said doctor suggested surgery. She said that her daughter was taken to Operation Theatre, but after half an hour, the said doctor came out and got some papers signed which she signed as she was uneducated and after a few moments her daughter dead body was handed over to her. 'My daughter walked in to operation theatre on her feet for throat operation and she was brought dead by doctors' she told newsmen while crying in pain and agony. Owing to alleged negligence of the...