FIR AGAINST FIVE DOCTORS OVER COVID PATIENT’S DEATH IN 2021

NOIDA: Five doctors of a private hospital in Noida have been booked for alleged negligence in the treatment of a Covid-19 patient, causing his death during the second wave of the pandemic in 2021, Gautam Budh Nagar police said on Monday.

The family of the patient, who was in his early 20s, claimed that he was not administered Remdesivir injection in time at the hospital despite them purchasing it on the basis of the doctor’s prescription, the FIR stated.

The FIR has been lodged against the doctors of Yatharth Hospital that falls under Phase 2 police station. Police said a case has been filed under Section 304A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code over a complaint by Gautam Budh Nagar deputy chief medical officer Dr Tikam Singh.

Dr Singh also headed an official probe committee which had investigated the complaint of the Ghaziabad-based family and the allegations came to be true.

However, Yatharth Hospital’s managing director Kapil Tyagi claimed that the allegations were misplaced.

“The patient was brought to our hospital in a critical condition. I believe had there been a delay of even 30 minutes, the patient would not have survived. But here his condition started improving and after about 35 days, the family took him to another hospital in Delhi,” Tyagi told the media.

Tyagi said the team of doctors at the hospital did a good job at their end, considering the challenging situation during the second wave of the pandemic. “The family’s allegation of not administering Remdesivir injection in time, there are multiple research reports which later showed that Remdesivir had no impact in treating Covid-19. We understand that the family lost a young child and it is unfortunate,” Tyagi added.