GMC Anantnag Refutes Claims of Tongue Cut Instead of Lip Cyst; Calls Circulating Images Fake

Anantnag: Government Medical College Anantnag has rejected allegations regarding a surgery performed on a five-year-old child in the ENT department, calling the images circulating on social media “fabricated” and aimed at maligning the institution’s reputation.
In a statement issued here to news agency JKNS reads, to malign the image of GMC Anantnag, consciously fabricated images are being circulated widely on social media by certain media outlets and persons related to surgery of a 5 old child in the department of ENT.
Images of tongue with cuts on the upper surface are circulated to give evidence of cutting of tongue tie which lies on the lower surface of the tongue of all the people, it reads.
The incident has been explained by the head of ENT Department GMC Anantnag as under.
“Five year old girl dated for surgery on 15th feb for lower lip cyst removal was operated Saturday by the senior resident department of ENT GMC Anantnag under local Anaesthesia. During the procedure it was found on the table that the patient is significant tongue tie also.
Statement further reads, as that could be the possible cause of the lip cyst , surgeon operated on that successfully, afterwards the surgeon begin the process of removal of cyst but was not possible because the child started crying and the procedure couldn’t be completed which is sometime the issue in such minor surgeries done under local Anaesthesia among small children.
The girl child was further assessed and is absolutely normal. The images being circulated in the media are fake ones and are not factual. The tongue of the child is absolutely normal after the surgery. The parents have been given the detailed account of the procedure and have been assured of the well being of the child,” it reads.
Doctors working at GMC Anantnag said that they want to give their hundered percent and such misreporting will only result in demotivation of health care workers. It is feared that in the near future senior residents and other staff will be reluctant to join GMC Anantnag and that will be a great setback for GMC Anantnag and it’s overall functioning, reads the statement.