An 18-year-old boy died at Ashwini Hospital in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh after allegedly receiving an expired intravenous drip (IV) by an unauthorized person. The hospital was later sealed by health authorities after the investigators found that the used IV drip had expired in November 2025, Police have taken the accused under arrest but the investigation is ongoing to find the exact cause of death.
Shekhar Chaudhary, a resident of Bhatta Mohalla, visited Ashwini Hospital in Khairi Village on October 2, 2026, with a complaint of severe pain in the lower abdomen. He was admitted in the hospital for a and was discharged the next morning but he reportedly developed a burning sensation in his hands and feet after he returned home.
Looking at his condition, his family took him to the same hospital where he died during the treatment, his family filed a complaint, and police began investigating regarding the circumstances around his death.
According to Aushutosh Dwivedi, Patan SDOP, CCTV footage revealed that Dr. Sarita Sahu, who is the hospital's authorized operator at the same hospital was not present when Chaudhary was undergoing the treatment, instead Satish Sahu allegedly treated the patient despite being not adequately qualified to practice medicine or administer medicine.
Investigators also found that the IV bottle had an expiry date of November 2025, Moreover the needle used during the treatment was also past its expiry date. Police recovered the partially filled IV fluid bottle, drip set, needle, medicine wrappers , and an empty injection syringe as physical evidence for the investigation.
Health officials conducted an initial investigation and found several other shortcomings at Ashwini Hospital; the officers could not find necessary documents related to the hospital's registration, medical treatment, or patient admission or discharge registers. The inspection also found other expired medicines at the facility.
These findings have raised questions about the hospital's credibility, code of conduct, record-keeping and discharge registers.
The health department authorities sealed Ashwini Hospital following the incident, and police have taken Satish Sahu into custody, and investigators are doing thorough investigation and are examining the treatment provided to Chaudhary and the circumstances leading to his death.
Police have not reached a definite cause of death, the investigation is still ongoing.
(Rh/AM)
