Two Indian doctors - an anaesthetic and a surgeon - have appeared in a court in Bahrain after a 16-year-old boy died during a routine operation in 2012.
The two medics operated Ali Sadiq Al Rahma at a private hospital in Northern Governorate after he complained of "stomache ache" in February 2012.
The teenager's parents were told their son had to undergo an eight-hour emergency surgery, Gulf Daily News reported today.
Prosecutors said the Indian medics, who were not named in the report, continued with the operation despite the teen suffering side effects from the anaesthetics.
They claimed the anaesthetist failed to follow proper medical procedures when administering drug.
A panel of medical experts, who examined the teenager's post-mortem, told prosecutors both defendants committed medical negligence which led to the boy's death.
"I took my son to the hospital after he told me that he felt pain in his stomach," he said in his statement to prosecutors.
"They then took my son and said that he has to undergo an operation to remove the pinworms for BD1,000. Eight hours later they told me my son has died," he said.
"I heard from other doctors that my son's heart stopped beating after suffering from severe fever during the surgery, but the surgeon continued the operation."
Both medics pleaded not guilty when they appeared at the Lower Criminal Court yesterday in connection with the botched operation.
The trial has been adjourned till September 24.
