SHRC calls for probe into man’s complaint

Hair begins to grow in his mouth after surgery

The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has directed the setting up of a medical board to investigate if there has been any lapse in treatment after hair started growing inside the mouth of a man who had surgery for removal of a tumour. Acting on a complaint by Kunnathukal resident Stephen, commission chairperson Antony Dominic directed the Director of Medical Education to include an expert in plastic surgery on the board. In his complaint, Stephen had stated that let alone eat, he could not even swallow saliva owing to the growth of hair in his mouth. He alleged lapses on the part of doctors at the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) who performed the surgery.