The death of a pregnant woman and the subsequent protest by her relatives has instilled a sense of insecurity among the relatives of the admitted patients in the Mahant Indiresh hospital. The hospital established in the year 2002 is a 750 bed multi-specialty and super-specialty medical centre and is reputed for its quality of treatment.
This correspondent interacted with many people in the hospital campus and almost all were of the opinion that such incidents mar the image of the hospital. The death of the pregnant woman was the talking point of the day among the patients and the visitors on Sunday.Husband of an admitted woman told this correspondent that the negligence occurred in the treatment of the woman who died during delivery.
Harish Arya who visited the hospital to see his ailing relative said that people who visit the private hospitals and pay through their nose naturally expect better treatment, but incidents like this raise question mark on the facilities and treatment of such hospitals.A visible upset elderly man who is attending his daughter admitted in the Gynecology ward said that if the doctors neglect the patient in such private hospitals despite charging huge amount of money it is better to get treatment in the government hospitals.