A 28-year-old man succumbed to his accidents at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical Faculty Hospital, along with his mom accusing the hospital of medical negligence and an absence of accessible docs. The person, who had been admitted after being struck by a truck, handed away on Friday. As per studies, the sufferer’s mom alleged {that a} important period of time had been wasted, throughout which her son’s surgical procedure might have been accomplished, however no physician, not even an emergency physician, was obtainable.
Nonetheless, Officers at RG Kar Medical Faculty Hospital have reportedly denied the allegations made by the household.
The incident garnered consideration because the hospital stays in headline for previous month concerning the rape-murder of a 31-year-old trainee physician contained in the hospital premises. For the reason that incident, docs from the RG Kar and different hospitals are protesting towards the brutal rape and demanding safer work surroundings for medical professionals.
The deceased, recognized as Bikram Bhattacharjee, a resident of Konnagar in Hooghly, roughly 25 km from Kolkata, was taken to RG Kar Medical Faculty Hospital. His mom, Kabita Bhattacharjee, claimed that the absence of docs within the emergency ward precipitated a essential delay in her son’s therapy.
Calling for a ‘constructive’ protest, TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee reacted to the incident, he mentioned, “A younger boy from Konnagar misplaced his life as we speak following a street accident, after BLEEDING FOR three HOURS WITHOUT RECEIVING MEDICAL ATTENTION, a consequence of the continued protest by docs in response to the #RGKar incident.” Banerjee claimed that the boy didn’t obtain any medical care until three hours.
“Whereas the calls for of the junior docs are each honest and legitimate, I urge them to protest in a method that does not disrupt important medical providers. Permitting a loss of life as a consequence of PREVENTABLE NEGLECT is tantamount to CULPABLE HOMICIDE,” Banerjee’s ‘X’ submit learn.
He additional urged the protesters to make sure that no extra lives are put in danger by means of inaction or neglect.
Former Trinamool Congress MP and occasion spokesperson Kunal Ghosh alleged on social media that the affected person was left untreated for 3 hours after being admitted to the hospital.
“Request, strike of docs. Let the motion go in another method. Agitation by disrupting the therapy of frequent individuals can’t be a correct technique of demanding justice. Who will give justice to this boy’s mom?” Ghosh tweeted.
Though the household of the deceased has not filed an official criticism, authorities have made a proper diary entry concerning the incident.
