India, Feb. 14 -- A six-year-old boy died on Thursday allegedly during an MRI procedure at a private diagnostic centre in Greater Noida, with his family accusing the facility of gross medical negligence and administering excessive sedation, police said on Friday.

Officials said that they have initiated an investigation into the incident, and that a formal first information report (FIR) will be filed once the report of a medical inquiry is received.

According to a complaint filed at Beta 2 police station at 4pm Thursday, the child from Dungarpur village had suffered a mild seizure around 15-20 days ago and was treated at a private hospital. After recovering fully, doctors advised an MRI and EEG as precautionary tests. HT has seen a copy ...