Overview
- The child, Priyanshi Jitendra Bagade, died during a cataract-related eye procedure at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, a death police and hospital records place on Monday, May 18.
- Her family has accused the operating team of medical negligence, lodged a complaint at Alankar Police Station, and protested at the hospital demanding action.
- Pune police have accepted the complaint but will await an expert opinion from a medical board at government-run Sassoon General Hospital before registering any FIR.
- The Pune Municipal Corporation has served a 24-hour show-cause notice to the hospital seeking full case papers and records while the hospital says it has launched an internal inquiry.
- Officials and preliminary accounts say the child was under general anaesthesia and may have suffered cardiac arrest during extubation, the post-mortem and expert reviews are ongoing and will guide legal or regulatory outcomes.