CRITICAL PATIENT’S DEATH: KIN ALLEGES MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE

LUCKNOW: “Those 11 hours at Centenary hospital were the toughest for me. My brother-inlaw, Santosh, had lost his life, but we still had to be there,” said Srikrishna, a resident of Kanpur.

Santosh, 45, was admitted to Centenary hospital on Sunday, after fire broke out at the KGMU Trauma Centre. “The journey from Kanpur to Lucknow was difficult for Santosh but we managed somehow, and got him admitted to the neuro-surgery ward of the Trauma Centre,” said Srikrishna.

He said a medical staff member asked him to get an oxygen cylinder for Santosh. “I went around looking for it, but found none. Wherever I went, there was chaos. Worried, I returned to shift Santosh (to Centenary hospital) without the cylinder.”

“By the time we reached Centenary hospital, there was no breath left. However, due to the fear that there could be a protest, they (authorities) kept Santosh at Centenary hospital for the next 12 hours.”

DOCTORS GO THE EXTRA MILE

Several doctors went out of their way to facilitate the patients and their kin.

Among those who reached the spot and coordinated the evacuation and resettlement of patients were -- KGMU vice-chancellor Prof MLB Bhatt, Dr Sandip Tiwari, Dr Vinod Jain, Dr Samir Mishra, Dr SN Sankhwar, Dr Avinash Agrawal, Dr Ajai Singh, Dr Ved Prakash, Dr RAS Kushwaha, Dr Vaibhav Jaiswal, Dr Anoop Jaiswal, and Dr Shalini Triipathi .

Resident doctors too played a crucial role in safety efforts. The doctors were seen pushing stretchers and holding gas cylinders to let the patients out safely.