15-yr-old performs surgery, sparks anger
15 year old boy performes a filmed caesarean section birth under his parents' watch to gain a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.
By Agencies |
NEW DELHI: The 15 year old son of two doctors performed a filmed caesarean section birth under his parents' watch in Tamil Nadu in an apparent bid to gain a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest surgeon.
Instead, the boy's father could be stripped of his licenses and may face criminal charges, officials said Thursday.
“Dr K Murugesan showed a recording of his son, Dhileepan Raj, performing a caesarean section to an Indian Medical Association chapter in Tamil Nadu last month,” said Dr Venkatesh Prasad, secretary of the association. The video showed Murugesan anesthetizing the patient.
“We were shocked to see the recording,'' Prasad told The Associated Press, adding that the IMA told Murugesan that his act was an ethical and legal violation.
“Murugesan owns and runs a maternity hospital in the city of Manaparai,” Prasad said in a telephone interview from Manaparai.
Murugesan, who could possibly be prevented from practicing and face criminal charges for allowing his son to perform the operation, expressed no regret and accused the Manaparai Medical Association of being “jealous” of his son's achievements, Prasad added.
“He said this was not the first surgery performed by his son and that he had been training him for the last three years,'' said Prasad.
Murugesan told the Medical Association that he wanted to see his son's name in the Guinness Book of World Records.
The family could not be immediately reached for comment. The baby that Raj delivered was born with a noticeable lump on its spinal cord, Prasad said, but added that the birth defect had nothing to do with the surgery having been performed by a 15-year-old.
Prasad said that his team had reported the surgery to the state's top medical association in Chennai.
State Health Secretary V K Subburaj told reporters on Thursday that the government would investigate.
“We'll get the report and then we'll see whether there are any violations ... prima facie it looks like there is a big violation,'' he said.
“We will definitely take action against the concerned medical officers,'' said Subburaj.
Instead, the boy's father could be stripped of his licenses and may face criminal charges, officials said Thursday.
“Dr K Murugesan showed a recording of his son, Dhileepan Raj, performing a caesarean section to an Indian Medical Association chapter in Tamil Nadu last month,” said Dr Venkatesh Prasad, secretary of the association. The video showed Murugesan anesthetizing the patient.
“We were shocked to see the recording,'' Prasad told The Associated Press, adding that the IMA told Murugesan that his act was an ethical and legal violation.
“Murugesan owns and runs a maternity hospital in the city of Manaparai,” Prasad said in a telephone interview from Manaparai.
Murugesan, who could possibly be prevented from practicing and face criminal charges for allowing his son to perform the operation, expressed no regret and accused the Manaparai Medical Association of being “jealous” of his son's achievements, Prasad added.
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“He said this was not the first surgery performed by his son and that he had been training him for the last three years,'' said Prasad.
Murugesan told the Medical Association that he wanted to see his son's name in the Guinness Book of World Records.
The family could not be immediately reached for comment. The baby that Raj delivered was born with a noticeable lump on its spinal cord, Prasad said, but added that the birth defect had nothing to do with the surgery having been performed by a 15-year-old.
Prasad said that his team had reported the surgery to the state's top medical association in Chennai.
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State Health Secretary V K Subburaj told reporters on Thursday that the government would investigate.
“We'll get the report and then we'll see whether there are any violations ... prima facie it looks like there is a big violation,'' he said.
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“We will definitely take action against the concerned medical officers,'' said Subburaj.
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