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Patient dies after being given acid to drink instead of water

Muzaffarpur - The had visited an eye clinic where a staff member gave her the acid.

By UNI

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Published: Thu 15 Feb 2018, 3:44 PM

Last updated: Fri 16 Feb 2018, 12:46 AM

A woman died on Thursday after she consumed acid which was given to her by a compounder at an eye clinic in Jurna Chhapra locality under Brahampura police station area in the eastern Indian state of Bihar.

Police said here that one Shyamali Devi (60) consumed liquor the previous evening when the compounder gave her acid by mistaking it for water at the clinic where she had gone for eye testing.

Sources said the condition of woman, a native of Chhotki Chhapra village, became critical after she consumed acid and was rushed to a local hospital where she died during treatment.

Police said the compounder was absconding after the incident.

The body has been sent for autopsy, police added.


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