A MAN was confirmed dead after taking an intravenous injection at a private clinic in Futian District. police and the health care supervision department are investigating the case, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported.

    The man, surnamed Liu, went to a clinic called Jiang Shiping Clinic that was located near their home on East Linyuan Road on Tuesday because he was suffering from a cough, according to Liu’s daughter-in-law.

    “He said that he was taking an intravenous injection at the clinic on our family’s WeChat group,” said the woman. “We didn’t pay much attention because we thought that it wasn’t a big deal as he was coughing.”

    However, an hour later Liu’s son found his father lying on the ground in the clinic. Liu’s daughter-in-law said that Liu was motionless on the ground with a dark face while some rescuers were putting an oxygen mask on his face.

    Liu was confirmed dead after he was sent to a nearby hospital. The family later pointed their fingers at the clinic for Liu’s death. When they went to the clinic, they found it was shut down and no one was inside.

    Several witnesses confirmed that after Liu was taken out of the clinic, all the staffers left the clinic and shut the door.

    According to the family, Liu was very healthy before he died. “He is very healthy and seldom feels sick,” said the daughter-in-law. The family accused the clinic of misusing medication in the IV that caused Liu’s death.

    The family have already lodged their complaint with the health care supervision department and police. Futian police said that they had controlled the involved doctors and medical staff for further investigation.

    An official with the district’s health care supervision department said that according to the footage caught by the clinic’s surveillance cameras, a doctor surnamed Zhang prescribed the medication for the IV, but Zhang was actually registered as a surgeon, which raised suspicions that he was prescribing beyond his qualifications.

    Also, the clinic had failed to offer its annual reports on its business operation since 2014 when it changed its registered capital, according to the information provided by the local department of business and industry.

    Each year, around 200,000 people die from an adverse reaction to taking an IV in China. Last year, multiple cities in the country, including Shenzhen, banned the use of IVs at public hospitals. However, there are still some private clinics that give IVs to patients, since there is no article in current law that bans the use of IVs. (Zhang Qian)