HOW THE CASE UNFOLDED OVER 4 MONTHS
31 AUGUST
Seven-year-old Adya Singh admitted to Fortis PICU with Dengue Shock Syndrome. She was suffering from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Multi-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
She remained on life support for the next 15 days
12 SEPTEMBER
A committee of doctors told Adya’s parents that her condition was critical
13 SEPTEMBER
Adya’s father refused to clear the bills until the doctors had done an MRI, following which the scan was carried out and it revealed that the brain was 70 to 80 per cent damaged
14 SEPTEMBER
Adya’s parents took her case files to Medanta hospital in Gurgaon where Fortis’ prognosis was reiterated
15 SEPTEMBER
At 2 am, Jayant Singh signed a form confirming that he was taking his daughter home “against medical advice”
Around 6am Adya was transferred to an ambulance, where, according to her parents, “the doctor removed the ventilators and the pipe, waited for 2-3 minutes, and pronounced the baby dead”
The family proceeded towards Rockland Hospital where they procured a certificate pronouncing her “brought dead” and then took the body of their daughter home
16 OCTOBER
A friend of Jayant Singh tweeted a scan of
20 NOVEMBER
Union health minister JP Nadda ordered the Haryana government to initiate probe against Fortis
23 NOVEMBER
A panel of medico-legal experts appointed by the Haryana government began investigations
6 DECEMBER
The committee submitted its report to the Haryana government
7 DECEMBER
Haryana’s health minister Anil Vij called a press conference and declared that “in simple words, it was not a death, it was a murder.” He also ordered the removal of Fortis from state government’s list of hospitals
12 DECEMBER
The civil surgeon of Gurgaon filed an FIR against Fortis Gurgaon at a local police station