Chennai: Medical student dies after hair transplant surgery

CHENNAI: A simple hair transplant surgery turned fatal for a final year medical student of Madras Medical College, Chennai. Santosh Kumar, 22, was shy of his slight baldness as decided to go for a hair transplant at a salon. But he died a day after he went through the surgery conducted at Advanced Robotic Hair Transplant Centre in Nungambakkam, Chennai. According to reports, the hair transplant centre had obtained a licence only to run a hair salon which too expired two months ago. The centre has been sealed by the authorities. According to a Times of India report, the hair transplant was done by anesthetist Hariprasad Kasturi and MBBS graduate Vineeth SuryaKumar. After the transplant, the patient complained of discomfort, following which he was taken to a nearby private hospital and was given first aid. The next day his condition deteriorated and was taken to Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, where Santosh died. His family had reportedly not lodged any complaint after his death, thus no postmortem was conducted. The State medical council, on the directions of the health department, has issued notices to the two doctors and has also sealed the salon.