Minor who died of dengue 'turned away' by 4 hosps

Kolkata | Friday | 12th October, 2018

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"Finally, around 8.30am, we got a bed at one of the four private hospitals where we were refused earlier. "Undiagnosed fever led to further complication and finally it was found that she was suffering from dengue," a KMC health official said. However, the residential medical officer made it clear that the girl needed special care and hence they needed to contact a better-equipped hospital to save her life. KOLKATA: Roopkatha Paloi, the 10-year old girl and a Class-V student of Patha Bhawan, died of dengue at a private hospital on Wednesday morning after being allegedly refused by four major private hospitals off the EM Bypass the previous night. From our Garia residence till Salt Lake we knocked on the doors of at least four major hospitals..