Bengaluru/IBNS, Feb. 6 -- A nursing officer at Aduru Primary Health Case in the Haveri district of Karnataka was suspended after she applied Fevikwik adhesive on a child's wound instead of stitching it, media reports said.

The Haveri District Health Officer (DHO) had initially issued a show cause notice to the nurse and transferred her.

The DHO suspended the nurse after a massive outrage on social media.

Instead of stitching the cuts, nurse Jyothi applied the adhesive.

When Gurukrishna's parents confronted her, the nurse said the stitches would leave a scar and Fevikwik was a safer option.

The parents received not much support after lodging a complaint with the Health Protection Committee of Aduru Health Centre.

But the online outra...