Doctors operate on leg instead of head; incident reported at Sushruta Trauma Centre

In a case of gross negligence, a surgeon at the Sushruta Trauma Centre, a dedicated facility for trauma services run by the Delhi government, operated upon the leg of a patient admitted with a head injury. The patient, Vijendra Tyagi, was admitted to the trauma centre with minor injuries on his head and face that he sustained in an accident. The surgeon, however, confused Tyagi with another patient, Virendra, admitted in the same ward with a fractured leg.