Outrage as patient dies outside LNJP
New Delhi: A massive outrage broke out on twitter slamming Arvind Kejriwal government for failing to act on repeated appeal of a resident that she had been waiting with her Covid positive father outside the LNJP Hospital in Delhi but received no help for hours. An hour later she posted another tweet saying her father has passed away. The tweet has triggered angry reactions from many Twitter users, including BJP Manoj Tiwari and Kapil Mishra.
VICTIM’S DAUGHTER’S tweet regarding the incident has triggered angry reactions from many Twitter users, including Manoj Tiwari and Kapil Mishra, who have slammed the Kejriwal government for not acting on time
A massive outrage broke out on Twitter slamming the Arvind Kejriwal government for failing to act on the repeated appeals of a resident that she had been waiting with her Covid positive father outside the LNJP Hospital in Delhi but received no help for hours. An hour later she posted another tweet saying her father had passed away.
At 8.05 am, a Twitter user with the name ‘Amarpreet,’ tweeted: “My dad is having high fever. We need to shift him to hospital. I am standing outside LNJP Delhi & they are not taking him in. He is having corona, high fever and breathing problem. He won’t survive without help. Pls help (sic).”
An hour later, at about 9.08 am, she tweeted again, “He is no more. The govt failed us.”
The tweet has triggered angry reactions from many Twitter users, including Manoj Tiwari and Kapil Mishra, who have slammed the Kejriwal government for not acting on time.
“False propaganda will not save lives, Arvind Kejriwal Ji please rise above politics and stand with people, you need to leave TV and be on ground to know the real situation, you are elected chief minister, you can’t hide,” tweeted Mr Tiwari, the previous president of Delhi BJP.
The Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP), which is a designated coronavirus hospital, said: “The patient was brought dead in the casualty section.”
Doctors at the LNJP Hospital also said that the patient was not refused by them but was advised home quarantine by Sir Ganga Ram Hospital after being tested positive for coronavirus.
According to the LNJP statement, the 68-year-old man had tested positive for coronavirus on June 1 at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.
The hospital said the patient, who was a resident of Greater Kailash area in South Delhi, was brought to the hospital casualty section in an unconscious state. He was later declared brought dead.
The woman, later in a tweet, demanded that all her family members be immediately tested for coronavirus.
“I lost my father today morning to coronavirus, we want other family members to get tested today only. Which labs are not doing they are in danger. We are trying since morning. My mother, brother, his wife and two kids. Pls help (sic),” she said.
On June 2, the woman had also tweeted: “My father is corona positive and in Delhi, no helpline is responding @ArvindKejriwal @msisodia @dilipkpandey. Immediate support is needed”.
In another tweet, she had said, "I am extremely thankful to @dilipkpandey and others for immediate attention and support. We are proceeding on next steps as advised by doctors !”