A day after three public hospitals were vandalised, several patients said the apathetic attitude of doctors and hospital authorities was to blame.
A day after three public hospitals were vandalised, several patients said the apathetic attitude of doctors and hospital authorities was to blame.
The BMC is investigating the allegations. Officials, however, said the post-mortem reports would show if doctors were at fault.
On Monday, 40 people attacked GT Hospital after Narsana Husanapa, 35, died of multiple organ dysfunction. The hospital authorities admitted that he was checked in the out patient department on Sunday and allowed to go.
Dr AV Kulkarni, medical superintendent, could not answer why Husanapa was not admitted on Sunday and whether delayed treatment resulted in the patient’s death. “We have an intensive care unit and enough beds,” Kulkarni said. “But his condition was not so serious that he had to be admitted.”
He, rather, emphasised that the patient was a chronic alcoholic. A senior consultant of the hospital said patients were often denied admission without any concrete reason. “It could be that the officials are lazy to complete the admission paper work,” he said. “At times they conclude the patient will not live long.”
Aarti Khaire, 16, too faced similar problems. She was admitted to Maa Hospital in Chembur on Sunday, discharged the same day, and again admitted on Monday. Khaire’s neighbour Avinash Bhosle had said on Monday that a nurse put her on glucose and gave an injection after she was admitted. After some time, she started bleeding from the mouth, ears, and nose. She was taken to Rajawadi Hospital where doctors declared her dead.
Dr Ajit Lake, chief medical officer of Maa Hospital, said she was given the necessary treatment. He too could not answer why Khaire was discharged on Sunday when she had not recovered.
In Khaire’s case, the post-mortem report will be the prime evidence. Dr Seema Malik, chief medical superintendent of peripheral hospitals, who is heading the inquiry team said she will submit the report within a week.
When she was told that the girl had turned pale when a nurse injected some medicine, Malik said, “Nurses usually administer drugs under the supervision of doctors.” She said Khaire’s viscera had been sent for chemical analysis.
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