A Sangareddy auto driver, K Sangameshwar, developed a severe infection after treatment at the local government hospital. After spending Rs 35 lakh and selling his house, he now risks losing his hand. He filed a negligence complaint and sought government help

Sangareddy: An auto driver’s visit to the government hospital in Sangareddy, the home district of Health Minister Damodara Rajanarasimha, turned his life upside down after alleged medical negligence left him on the verge of losing his left hand.

K Sangameshwar (36), a resident of Santhi Nagar in Sangareddy town, visited the government hospital on July 23 this year with severe stomach pain. He was administered saline and a couple of injections, but soon after, his left hand, where the saline was injected, began to swell. Alarmed, San

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