Relatives of the deceased at Bhadrak DHH | Express
BHADRAK: Angry over the death of a minor girl patient at Bhadrak District Headquarters Hospital on Tuesday, relatives of the deceased ransacked the ward and assaulted a doctor and two other staffers. A nurse and a male attendant sustained injuries in the attack. The protestors alleged that the girl had died due to negligence of the doctor. The relatives also sat on dharna with the girl’s body. According to sources, the 14-year-old girl, Debsmita Malik of Chudakuti village under Dhamnghar Police limits, was admitted to the medicine ward of the hospital on Monday night. She was suffering from acute pain in her stomach.
Hospital authorities claimed that the girl was treated with medicines immediately and kept under observation. The deceased’s father narrated a different story, though.Her father, Avimanyu Malik, said she was admitted to the hospital at 9.45 pm. “There was no doctor in the ward for her treatment. The nurse in the ward injected pain-killers into her body. Despite our repeated requests, none of the doctors came to examine my daughter. She died at 4 am,” he said.
Malik alleged that the DHH authorities didn’t provide any opportunity to the family to shift the girl to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.Meanwhile, Malik lodged an FIR against the DHH authorities with Bhadrak Town Police. Additional District Medical Officer (ADMO) of Bhadrak DHH, Dr. Pradeep Kumar Khuntia, said the injured staffer of the hospital had lodged a complaint with the police against the attackers.“Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) has ordered a probe into the incident,” Dr Khuntia added.
