Bhopal: ADG (training) Rajendra Kumar Mishra stuck to his statement that his father was alive even though the doctors at Bansal Hospital claimed that he had died on January 14. Controversy erupted over the living status of ADG’s father, KM Mishra, 84, who was ‘declared’ dead on January 14 and the media reported that the senior cop was keeping his father body in his residence.
While talking to Free Press, Mishra said that he had admitted his father in the hospital on January 13 at 8 pm. He was given treatment and on Jan14 he was declared dead by the hospital authority and they took the body home. As his relatives from native places reached here to attend the funeral and the family members too started preparations for his last rites.
He further said that his two of nieces, who are pursuing MBBS, had also reached Bhopal. When they saw the body, they suspected that he was alive and they started giving him massage to give warmth to the body. They found that KM Mishra (the father) started responding to their efforts and they also put the pulse meter which recorded the pulse.
Later, they gave him oxygen and also started giving him Ayurvedic treatment. Mishra said that one Ayurvedacharya was giving treatment to his father, “In last 31 days, he is responding to treatment and even opened eyes”. He further said that though it was his personal matter, the media is giving false report on the issue.
I have served notices to the media houses, who had filed the wrong reports”. The ADG added that he had also served notice to the doctor, who had commented on his (ADG’s) mental status. “A defamation notice of Rs 10 crore has been served on the doctor”.
Hospital speak
Doctors of Bansal Hospital said that ADG’s father was suffering from various problems including kidney ailment and was not responding to treatment. He was put on dialysis. During course of treatment, he lost his breath. At 4.30 pm, his ECG report was flat and hence he was declared dead. hospital continues to stick to its stand that Kalumani was dead and hence they issued the death certificate.