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Doctors' negligence kills 2 months baby at Gomati Dist Hospital : angry public gherao hospital, block National Highway
TIWN May 11, 2017
Doctors' negligence kills 2 months baby at Gomati Dist Hospital : angry public gherao hospital, block National Highway
PHOTO : Massive Road blockade following an infants death. TIWN Pic May 11

UDAIPUR, May 11 (TIWN): Centering a death of a 2 months boy child named Soutam Dey, S/O-Santosh Dey, due to the negligence of the doctors, situation went out of control at Udaipur Gomati Dist Hospital after the common people blocked national highway. Reportedly, on Wednesday this 2 months baby was taken by his parents to Gomati Dist Hospital but failed to save his life due to the negligence of doctors there. The poor parents of the deceased alleged that no doctor had checked up the child properly, whereas in the evening Swapna Sinha just as a part of ward round visited there, but without identifying the actual disease, the baby was pushed with saline. Moreover, the hospital staffs also failed to give any bed to Soutam and kept him whole night outside. The parents also alleged that before pushing saline Soutam was playing, smiling but when the saline was pushed his health started to down. When the saline had been finished, the patient party asked the nurses and doctors about it, but nobody bothered to listen them. After an hour, the family again requested the nurses to check the baby as it was shivering in fever and crying constantly.

 Seeing his condition serious nurses asked for oxygen, but amidst all these, the infant already passed away.  The relatives busted into tears, gheraoed the nurses, doctors and later brought the baby at National Highway alleging the common people that the Gomati Hospital has killed their child. 

Listening everything, local people preset there blocked the road demanding 'like Soumik no more child should die in Govt Hospital'. It was for almost an hour that the people kept the Udaipur-Agartala National Highway at Tepanis infront of the hospital blocked resulted massive traffic jam on the both side of the road. Later, getting informed R K Pur PS I/C-Partha Sarathi Pal rushed to the spot and controlled the situation.

But the Partha Sarathi Pal  reportedly tried to apply force by words, which didn't work at all. However, later the victim family was taken by the same police official to the hospital and met Hospital Super Shib Prakash Chakraborty.

Earlier also similar allegations raised against this Gomati Dist Hospital and many times without proper treatment infants died like this.

Lack of beds are common issues raised by the patients of Gomati dist Hospital, yet the health dept has failed to utilize the 100 % fund came for centre in last FY.

 

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