18-Year-Old Diabetic Covid Patient Dies After 3 Hospitals Refused Admission: Parents
The 18-year-old died because of negligence of hospitals, oldsters alleged (Representational)
Kolkata:
The fogeys of an 18-year-old guy, who used to be diabetic and examined certain for COVID-19 sooner than his loss of life in a central authority clinic in Kolkata, on Saturday alleged that he died as a result of negligence as he used to be refused a mattress by way of 3 clinical amenities.
Even on the Kolkata Scientific Faculty and Health center (KMCH) the place Subhrajit Chattopadhyay died on past due Friday night time, admitted him simplest after his mom threatened to dedicate suicide if he used to be no longer handled there, the category 12 scholars father claimed.
When contacted, Director of Well being Products and services Ajoy Chakraborty stated that the subject can be for sure regarded into.
“He used to be a juvenile diabetes affected person and had complained of breathlessness on Friday morning. We took him to the ESI Health center at Kamarhati the place they instructed they didn’t have any mattress within the ICU.
“Then we took him to a personal nursing house. They performed Covid-19 take a look at on him and after the outcome got here out certain, they stated there is not any mattress. And right through this complete episode, we had been made to attend within the ambulance,” the daddy of the sufferer stated.
Subhrajit’s mom stated that government-run Sagar Dutta Health center additionally denied him admission following which they knowledgeable the police who steered them to take him to the KMCH.
“Even after realizing that my son used to be a COVID-19 affected person, the KMCH to begin with didn’t need to admit him. After my spouse threatened to dedicate suicide if they didn’t deal with him, they relented,” Subhrajit’s father stated.
“My son used to be no longer given any medication on the KMCH. He used to be taken to a couple ward the place we had no get entry to. We saved on enquiring about his well being however no one helped us in any means.
After we went to the enquiry phase, we got here to understand that our son had died at round nine.30 pm,” he stated.
This has took place as a result of negligence at the a part of these types of hospitals, he alleged.
“Had they admitted him and handled him on time, I feel our son would have survived. On the KMCH, he didn’t get any remedy,” he claimed.
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