Child’s death: Probe begins

S N Godamunna - Gampola group corr

A special investigation has been launched into the death of a one and half year old child who is suspected to have died after an injection was administered at the Nawalapitiya Hospital, Central Province Health Services Director Shanthini Samarasinghe said.

The Central Province Health Department has appointed a team of medical specialists to probe the incident, Dr Samarasinghe said.

Kanishka Kaushalya Bandara whose parents are employed at the Nawalapitiya Hospital, was admitted after a leech bit him.

The child had been administered an injection brought from a different ward, following which his condition aggravated. He died later.