Staffer’s death sparks tension at Capital Hosp

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Tension prevailed at the  Capital Hospital here on Wednesday morning after the death of a staff of the SNCU ward and other employees staged a demonstration in front of the of office of  the Superintendent of the hospital.

Sources said that SNCU attendant Anupama Nayak was on Tuesday admitted to the casualty ward of the hospital due to illness.

Her colleagues have alleged that she wasn’t taken to the ICU after deterioration of her health condition due to unavailability of beds, for which she died.

Anupama’s colleagues resorted to the demonstration before the Superintendent’s office placing the body in the morning.

They demanded compensation for family of the deceased woman. The stir was withdrawn after hospital Director Ashok Kumar Pattnaik assured them of an investigation into the matter and action against those responsible for the death.

Daily Pioneer
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