A first information report has been registered against two nurses at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal for allegedly administering an injection containing a hazardous chemical to a three-year-old cancer patient, The Hindu quoted the police as saying on Saturday.

Sarthak Yadav, a resident of Korja village in Sagar district’s Bina tehsil, died in December, soon after he was injected with formalin, a hazardous chemical used for preserving biopsy samples, according to The Indian Express.

He had been admitted to the hospital on December 15 for the treatment of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a form of blood cancer.

The FIR against Madhubala Sharma and Anuka Gujarati was filed after an internal inquiry found evidence of gross negligence on their part.

According to the FIR, a syringe containing formalin had been prepared for a scheduled bone marrow biopsy, reported The Indian Express. However, the procedure was subsequently postponed.

Despite this, the syringe was neither discarded nor secured and was left on a locker near the child’s bed, according to the newspaper.

On December 17, Sharma used the syringe to flush the child’s intravenous line without checking its contents or label, the newspaper quoted the FIR as saying.

“During this time, the child’s father Siddharth Yadav cautioned and warned Nursing Officer Madhubala three times that...

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