Criminal negligence on part of the doctors of a city Government hospital cost a man his life. The shocking incident took place in the Combined Hospital. Gopal Singh (60) — who was admitted to the emergency ward of the hospital — remained unattended for a week or so.
He was allegedly left to fend for himself and eventually succumbed to his ailments. Gopal’s body was found lying on the hospital premises. Even more perplexing fact is that despite being ignored by the hospital authorities, he appears as ‘absconding’ in the hospital records.
Taking conginsance of the incident, the District Magistrate has now asked the City Magistrate to conduct an enquiry and submit the report.
“He remained unattended for eight days in the hospital. He was brought by one Piyush Sharma to the hospital. After completing admission formalities he was referred to the physician in the hospital ward by the emergency medical officer Dr Himanshu. But his admission was not found on any register inside the ward while a pharmacist claimed that she sent the pateint to the ward. However, the ward in-charge contradicted pharmacist’s claim and said she “never received a patient inside the ward,” informed the City Magistrate Kapil Singh handling the on the spot enquiry.
“The two persons — the pharmacist and the ward in-charge — are responsible for the lapse. He would recommend a departmental action to the district magistrate on the basis of the enquiry report being conducted by the City Magistrate,” said Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Ajay Agrawal.