Nine-year-old Kerala girl dies due to brain-eating amoeba
A nine-year-old girl from Kerala’s Kozhikode died after being diagnosed with amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare but fatal brain infection. Her parents filed a police complaint alleging that she was not given timely medical care during the “golden hour” and that the hospital referred her to MCH at the last moment to cover up negligence. Hospital authorities, however, rejected the charges.