An angry judge NK Sudhindra Rao took medical superintendent BG Tilak to task for his inability to inform what stage of cancer is Katta in.
The Lok Ayukta special court on Monday warned the medical superintendent of Victoria Hospital for making contradictory statements regarding the treatment of former IT&BT minister Katta Subramanya Naidu.
An angry judge NK Sudhindra Rao took medical superintendent BG Tilak to task for his inability to inform what stage of cancer is Katta in, despite being treated at Victoria Hospital for over a month. The judge warned Tilak by saying that he would initiate action referring the medical superintendent’s name to the Medical Council of India.
Tilak was pulled up for stating that Katta’s condition was serious without conducting biopsy on the former minister. The Lok Ayukta court directed the hospital authorities to conduct biopsy on Katta and submit the report on September 28.
“The petition here is seeking bail on the medical grounds. It is very strange that we don’t know in what situation the patient (Katta) is in,” observed the judge.
Naidu, who is in judicial custody, is said to be suffering from diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cervical spondylytis and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a cancer via ting to lymphatic system. His lawyer Ravi B Naik had on Saturday submitted that Naidu’s stem cells were stored in a London hospital and he needed to undergo surgery for cancer there.
The court had on September 24 directed Victoria Hospital authorities to provide the medical reports of the former minister as he had requested the court for bail on medical grounds.
The judge questioned Tilak for making dissimilarity in his oral statement and the report. The hospital authorities had not answers when the judge sought to know what stage of cancer or exact treatment was required for the former minister. The hospital submitted before the court that it did not have facilities of biopsy.
Tilak explained that the report was made by the hospital’s oncologist. On being questioned, the oncologist said, “Katta’s case is very peculiar. We don’t have faculty or facilities to conduct biopsy.” The judge then sought to know how the hospital can state Katta’s condition was serious without the biopsy report.
The oncologist further submitted that stem cells of the former minister were kept in a London-based hospital and stored at 165 degrees since 2008. The judge then sought to see records confirming that the stem sells were preserved in London.
The oncologist referred to the statement in the medical findings. The judge then remarked that it was only a clinical finding, and not the report.
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