Agitated relatives of a patient who died in the Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital on Friday morning created ruckus in the hospital. The relatives of the deceased, Rewati Raman, resident of Kishanagar Chowk, said that he was brought to the hospital on Thursday night with complaints of headache and vomiting. They claimed that the nurse on duty administered an injection on the patient due to which his condition deteriorated.
The patient later died. Infuriated relatives of the accused the hospital staff of negligence and created a ruckus in the hospital. In order to pacify them the hospital authorities suggested that a post -mortem of the deceased should be carried out. This suggestion was not accepted by the relatives and they took away the body.
The medical superintendent (MS) of the GDMC, Hospital Dr K K Tamta said that the patient had a severe liver ailment and his condition was critical at the time of admission. He denied the charge of the negligence levelled by the relatives of the patient.