Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal has ordered to constitute a high level committee to inquire into the alleged negligence by Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, (PGIMS), Rohtak in providing medical treatment to former Chief Minister Master Hukam Singh.
The Committee comprising of Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Education and Research, Dr RP Chander and Director, Kalpana Chawla Medical College, Karnal Dr Surender Kashyap will inquire into the matter afresh and submit a report within a week. The Chief Minister has also ordered that all concerned be examined during the inquiry including the Medical Superintendent, PGIMS, Rohtak. They should all be given reasonable opportunity to present their case.
Two days before, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij had recommended suspension of two senior doctors of PGIMS Rohtak, over the delay in providing ambulance service to late Hukam Singh. Vij had also announced the decision to recommend suspension of PGIMS Rohtak Director Rohtas Yadav and Senior Prof Dhruv Choudhary, after receiving a probe report from Pradeep Kasni, Director General and Secretary of the Medical Education and Research Department.
On February 26, Hukam Singh (89) who was the Chief Minister of the State during 1990-91, passed away at a private hospital in Gurgaon. Earlier, Singh was admitted to the PGIMS in Rohtak on February 12 for an ailment. Singh's family had alleged that they had to wait for more than three hours for an ambulance to shift the former CM to Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon from PGIMS Rohtak.