Sri Lanka, April 10 -- Even though pre-litigation options exist, involving departmental inquiries, warnings, transfers, and reporting to the SLMC, patients and aggrieved parties are not familiar with the process

The recent death of a Grade 1 student who was admitted to the Ratnapura District Hospital adds to the list of innocent lives that have succumbed to medical negligence in the recent past. Taking to social media, the father of the deceased described the events that unfolded after taking the child to the hospital due to a high fever. The doctor in question had requested the father to purchase a tablet from a pharmacy, and the child had subsequently been admitted to the hospital. Thereafter, the nurses obtained blood twice and conduc...