Medical Apathy in Uttar Pradesh: 4-Day-Old Dies After Being Taken Around for Over 3 Hours in Bareilly Hospital
Reports inform that the girl died after being sent from one department of a state-run hospital to another in Bareilly on Wednesday. The action raised concerns about the situation of health-care facilities across the state.
Lucknow, June 20: In a latest incident of medical apathy in the country, a four-day-old girl lost her life after she was taken around at a government hospital in Uttar Pradesh for over 3 hours. Reports inform that the girl died after being sent from one department of a state-run hospital to another in Bareilly on Wednesday. The action raised concerns about the situation of health-care facilities across the state. According to a report by Hindustan Times, the infant’s family claimed that they were made to run from one wing of the Maharana Pratap Jila Sanyukt Chikitsalaya to another for over three hours. While they carried the infant from one wing to the another, their daughter died. Medical Apathy: 60-Year-Old Patient Declared Dead by Doctors of Delhi Ganga Ram Hospital, Found Alive While Being Taken for Last Rites.
The HT report further stated that the infant was taken to the private hospital in Bareilly on June 15 after facing difficulty in breathing. In the wake of the tragic incident, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered the suspension of Dr Kamlendra Swaroop Gupta, the chief medical superintendent (CMS) of the men’s wing of the hospital, the report stated. The officials have been suspended on charges of negligence of duty.
“I have ordered suspension of CMS of Male Hospital Bareilly on the negligence of duty and have ordered for departmental proceedings against CMS of Women Hospital. Any insensitivity by Govt. officials will not be tolerated in New UP”, Adityanath tweeted.
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In another tweet, the Chief Minister said that the action was taken after a critically sick child was brought to Male Hospital but was turned away by the Women Hospital. “The action was taken after a critically sick child was brought to Male Hospital, where sufficient paediatricians were available, but instead of stabilising the child and giving due treatment, he turned family away to Women Hospital. CMS of Women Hospital referred child back”, he tweeted.
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