Kerala has been into shock as a young doctor lost his life. The demise of Dr. Anoop Krishna, a young orthopedic surgeon based in Kollam, Kerala, has left the medical community in a state of a tremble. According to the police, 35-year-old Anoop died by committing suicide and wrote ‘sorry’ on a wall in his house. Officers are investigating whether the doctor took the step as he had received a lot of blame recently on social media for a surgery at his hospital in which a seven-year-old child had lost life. Doctors in Kerala have come out in relief of Anoop, denouncing such ‘trial by media’ without understanding facts, and demanding a proper law against such attacks.
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The doctor, who ran Anoop Ortho Centre in Kollam, had agreed to do a surgery on a seven-year-old girl, reportedly after more than one other doctor had refused to do it during the pandemic. The child was given anesthesia during the surgery. However, she developed a heart attack and was rushed to the Kollam Medical College, but could not be saved. Relatives of the child blamed the doctor for her death and protested outside the hospital.
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Anoop had reportedly gone through a lot of mental stress and went to his place in Kollam where he took his life, leaving behind his wife and a little son. Many doctors have pointed out that Anoop has done several successful surgeries, and sometimes things may not go as planned. Dr. Sulphi Noohu of the Indian Medical Association condemned the attack on his fellow doctor calling Anoop 'a martyr of social media trial'. He said that the purpose of these social media trials was the publicity they'd gain through the circulation of such negative news.