Summary:
A 56-year-old man succumbs in the emergency ward of the Narayana Multispecialty Hospital in Rakhial on Monday (September 21) allegedly due to delay caused by procedural issues.
The hospital authorities alleged that the members from the dead man`s community barged inside the hospital and vandalised it.
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A 56-year-old man succumbs in the emergency ward of the Narayana Multispecialty Hospital in Rakhial on Monday (September 21) allegedly due to delay caused by procedural issues.
The hospital authorities alleged that the members from the dead man`s community barged inside the hospital and vandalised it.
According to family members of the deceased patient, Chhedi Khan Mir Kabul Khan alias Chhedi, who ironed clothes for a living at his house in Vatva, was admitted in Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation-run LG Hospital for the past one week and from Sunday his health had deteriorated when he started coughing out blood.”
His nephew Khurshid Saiyed told The Indian Express, “My uncle was coughing blood for the past 2-3 days.
The doctors at LG Hospital had told us to take him to Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital in Naroda for further treatment.
On Monday morning, we reached ESIC Hospital.
However, the medical team said that they don’t have the equipment or trained staff to treat him so he must be taken to Narayana Hospital in Rakhial.”
“Around 3 pm, we reached Narayana Hospital but the patient was just kept on a stretcher inside the emergency ward and not attended to.
The hospital management asked us to get us in writing from ESIC Hospital in Naroda that they are not able to treat the patient over there hence he is being referred to Narayana,” he alleged.
“We tried to reason with them that it takes at least 45 minutes to commute between Naroda to Rakhial and the patient will suffer if he is not attended to immediately.