LAW STUDENT'S arm amputation:

GMOA wants transparent inquiry

The Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) requested health authorities to conduct an impartial and transparent investigation into the incident of the amputation of a hand of a final year female law student.

Meanwhile, Health Ministry sources said the special committee appointed by Health Ministry Secretary Dr Nihal Jayatilleke to conduct an inquiry into the amputation of the left hand of the the female law student are continuing with investigations.

It was earlier reported that the patient had repeatedly complained that the plaster cast on her hand was too tight but the medical staff attached to Matara Hospital had given her strong pain killers instead of loosening or removing the plaster. Doctors at Colombo National Hospital decided to amputate her hand after coming to the conclusion that all nerves in her hand were dead.

She is left handed and was to sit for her final exams in June.