Ravi Dhaliwal
Tribune News Service
Sujanpur (Pathankot), May 27
A Germany-based NRI doctor working in the UK was put under "forced quarantine" after he accused doctors of six hospitals — four private and two government — of negligence, leading to the death of a seven-year-old child in his locality. Quarantine posters pasted outside his residence were removed after a legal notice was served on health officials.
Role of 6 hospitals under the scanner
- Docs at six hospitals accused of causing death of a 7-year-old child due to negligence
- DC asks SDM to hold a probe. NRI files complaint with police, SSP forwards it to Civil Surgeon
The child's family is on an indefinite dharna at Sujanpur demanding justice.
The doctor, Dr Dheeraj Singh Manhas, Surgical Registrar at a London hospital, came to India on January 18 and was to return in early March. However, he put his departure plans on hold after Covid-19 started spreading in London. On April 28, Krishna, son of Dr Manhas' neighbours Opinder Kumar Jha and Kalpana, had a bout of 'stridor', a medical condition in which airflow is disrupted due to a blockage in larynx (voice box) or trachea (windpipe). Dr Dheeraj gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and took him to a private hospital and later to five other facilities after his condition worsened.
Dr Bhupinder Singh, SMO, Pathankot Civil Hospital said the patient never stayed at one hospital for a "fairly long period". A doctor at a private hospital said: "Dr Manhas came at 3 am. It took me 15-20 minutes to dress up and by the time I entered the clinic, he had left."
Following the charge, DC Gurpreet Singh Khaira asked SDM Arshdeep Singh to hold a probe. "Investigations are on and I will submit the report in seven days," the SDM said.
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