India, March 30 -- A two-member inquiry committee has been constituted after a finger on the wrong hand of a child was amputated at a sub-district hospital in Pandharpur, triggering outrage and raising concerns over patient safety; officials said.

According to hospital authorities, a six-year-old boy with bilateral postaxial polydactyly (both hands having extra little fingers) was admitted to the hospital on March 27. He reportedly complained of clumsiness, pain and interference with grip and activity in a finger on his right hand and was advised to undergo surgery on the painful finger of his right hand. However, the operating doctor performed surgery on the boy's left hand instead, amputating the finger on the wrong hand. Following thi...