Minor contracts HIV after surgery

Bengaluru | Saturday | 23rd February, 2019

Summary:

surgerysex change operationHIVPOCSO ActBBMP schoolBengaluruHC gives doctor bail as the boy-turned-girl claims that thewas her choiceA doctor who performed aon a minor escaped arrest after the boy-turned-girl claimed that the surgery was her personal choice. He argued that the victim was a minor when the operation was conducted on him and it was illegal. He contended that nobody forced the boy and he had undergone the surgery on his own wish. The minor had contractedafter the operation.Dr Anita Patil, a resident of Kacharakanahalli in the city approached the High Court fearing arrest by the KR Pet Town Police, Mysuru. He had also misrepresented to the doctor that he had attained the age of majority.The government advocate opposed the bail to the doctor..