Karnataka orders second expert review for baby brain-damaged after private hospital care

Karnataka’s Health Minister U.T. Khader has set up a new expert committee to look at the case of a baby who suffered brain damage after treatment at a private hospital.

Its doctors will assess the child and advise on the care most likely to help him recover, according to the Health Department.

The family’s complaint about the treatment the child received at the hospital has drawn public attention, and setting up a second panel suggests the government was not satisfied that the first review settled the matter. The hospital’s response was not available.

We are not naming the child or his family.