A patient who came to the KEM hospital seeking help for a swelling in his right leg, ended up with both his legs being amputated last week, after a doctor on duty allegedly delayed injecting him with an expensive injection that could have saved his leg.

When 63-year-old Tajuddin Sayyed was admitted to KEM, he was told his right leg would have to be amputated. But soon he realised that his left leg was cold and painful. And within 10 days from the first amputation, his other leg, too, had to be amputated. Relatives allege that the doctors never informed them about the problem in the left leg until Tajuddin complained of pain.