Magisterial Inquiry Ordered Into Death of 11-Year-Old After Alleged Treatment Refusals in Tura

Overview

• West Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner Vibhor Aggarwal ordered a magisterial probe into the death of Netera Sangma, 11, after reports that two Tura hospitals refused her care.
• According to a formal complaint, the child was referred from Dadenggre Community Health Centre to Tura Civil Hospital for suspected rabies, then turned away there and at Holy Cross Hospital.
• Family members say she died in an ambulance on the way home after both facilities declined admission, with staff citing a lack of beds.
• Social activist Greneth M. Sangma filed the complaint and cited the Parmanand Katara ruling, which requires hospitals to provide emergency stabilisation even if beds or isolation rooms are not available.
• The complaint seeks disciplinary action, ex-gratia support for the parents, and an audit of emergency and isolation capacity in Tura, and no public responses or inquiry findings have been reported.