Div Com orders probe, directs Principal GMC Srinagar to set up 5 member panel to conduct inquiry within week
Srinagar: A family from Anantnag has alleged medical negligence at Shifa Hospital in Srinagar’s Magarmal Bagh and has submitted their representation to LG Manoj Sinha, prompting the authorities to order a probe.
In a letter, Tawseef Ahmad Nath from Wanpoh Anantnag complained that his spouse was diagnosed with submucosal fibroid Uterus and was undergoing treatment for the last year from Dr Syed Nawaz.
He said his wife was advised for a simple Laparoscopic procedure which at maximum takes half an hour to one hour.
“On November 23, I admitted my spouse for the above-said procedure at Shifa Hospital at Magarmal Bagh Srinagar on the recommendation of Dr Syed Nawaz and was given room No 201 with MRD no 22-0044588. My spouse was taken to the operation theatre for a surgical procedure in a fully stable condition as fortified by the pre-surgery report. Dr Syed Nawaz (Gynecologist) and Dr Gulzar Ahmad were the doctors undertaking the said surgical procedure,” he alleged in the letter.
After a long wait and enquiry about the well-being of the patient, it was learned that the patient is unstable and kept in dark for six hours, Nath said.
“Subsequently we were wonder-struck to know due to an overdose of some medicine known as Glycine, her vital organs including her heart, lungs, and kidneys have got involved. Due to excess dosage of the medicines during the surgery it has diluted the blood beyond the permissible limits and affected the electrolyte levels,” the letter reads.
On top of it, it said, the doctors used expired injectable medicines for which the hospital authorities apologized later. “To my utter surprise they told me ‘nothing will happen to the patient by expired medicine’. The whole episode has also been video-graphed by me’,” said the letter, a copy of which was mailed to the Chief Secretary and Divisional Commissioner Kashmir as well.
“Further for the medical negligence and apathy of doctors and paramedics involved in the process, I was charged Rs 2 lakh. I was threatened by hospital staff and Dr Syed Nawaz and coerced to pay the bill. Upon asking for providing bill and account number for remittance of payment, they got provoked and threatened me to pay the amount in cash and advised the staff not to entertain bank Card, e-banking or Cheque,” it said.
“As a result of the said negligence, my spouse was in a coma for 2 days for such a simple procedure. Now they have left my wife disabled as is known by recent MRI that Edema of the brain has occurred to her due to medical negligence. My spouse prior to her surgery was perfectly healthy. The negligence is also testified from the fact that against pre-operative HB level of 14, she was left at the mercy of situation with the HB level of 7 leaving my spouse as a corpse,” it said while urging for inquiry to save lives of people and responsibility is fixed on the accused.
Meanwhile, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir has taken cognizance of the complaint and has directed Principal GMC Srinagar to constitute a five-member committee to conduct an inquiry into the case within a week.
“You are directed to constitute a committee of 05 (five) members headed by you (Principal GMC), including 02 Doctors from GMC Srinagar preferably one Senior Anesthesiologist, 01(Gynecologist) from LD Hospital of Assistant Professor Rank, 01 Doctor from SKIMS Soura & Deputy Drug Controller Kashmir as well. The committee so constituted shall submit the requisite enquiry report with regard to medical negligence etc, along with its findings, recommendations and concrete comments to this office within a week’s time positively,” said the letter to Principal GMC, the letter added. (KNO)
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