Death of 17 patients at MY Hospital, the largest Government hospital of Madhya Pradesh has landed the district administration as well as the hospital management in a dock with none of them giving a categorical reply on the exact reason behind deaths.
Kin of patients undergoing treatment at the hospital had alleged lack of oxygen supply in the ICU as the reason behind deaths. Indore divisional commissioner Sanjay Dube on the other hand had denied that the deaths of patients in the hospital was due to lack of oxygen supply and added that those died in the hospital were suffering from other serious diseases. Number of casualties in hospital which stood at 9 till Thursday evening, shot up to 17 till late Thursday night and this was also corroborated by the dean of MY Hospital.
On Friday, large number of senior Congress leaders including Satynarayan Patel, Tulsi Silawat accompanying kin of the deceased staged a demonstration at MY Hospital and raised slogans against both the State Government and the hospital administration for such a large number of deaths in the hospital. While demanding an impartial probe into the matter and punishment to the guilty, the Congress leaders sought a compensation of Rs 1 crore each to the kin of deceased.
On Thursday night also, relatives of patients undergoing treatment in the hospital created ruckus in absence doctors. Kin of the patients alleged that there was no doctor in the hospital to attend their wards, which led to a deterioration in the health condition of patients. One of the kin of a patient said that there was only one doctor on a floor but even he did not attend patients.