HUBLI: Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) and Hospital is contemplating on seeking the Government's permission to give compensation the family members of a cardiac patient who died in the hospital during treatment recently.

`Adverse reaction'

Speaking to press persons here on Tuesday, M.G. Hiremath,

Director of KIMS, said according to preliminary reports, the death of Shrikantavva Kattimani occurred probably due to a mild adverse reaction to the injection coupled with the serious nature of her ailment.

A post-mortem was conducted to arrive at the cause of the death and the samples have been sent to Bangalore for a final report, he said.

Dr. Hiremath said that Shrikantavva had been undergoing treatment in the hospital for a year. She had been admitted to the hospital on several occasions. She was advised to go to Jayadeva Hospital in Bangalore for further treatment.

Last week she had come for treatment and was advised to get an injection of "Penidure" (long acting Penicillin) before being discharged.

Dr. Hiremath said Shrikantavva had been given "Penidure" injections earlier too.

Test dose given

He said she was given a test dose last week. However, she collapsed after getting the injection, he said.

He said that the chances of a patient getting adverse reaction after being administered with Penidure was one in a million and a similar case had occurred in KIMS 10 years ago.

The exact cause of death would be known only after the post-mortem report, he said.

Based on the report, KIMS would take steps for paying compensation to her family members, he added.

Memos

To a question, Dr. Hiremath said memos had been issued to the doctors who were in-charge of the ward at the time of the incident. Those include Dr. Katti, Dr. Baligar and few postgraduate students.

They have been asked to explain the reason for sending the patient to the OPD for getting the injection, Dr. Hiremath said.

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