LUCKNOW: A four-year-old boy, grievously injured in a road accident in the city on Saturday, bled to death allegedly because a community health centre (CHC) refused to provide an ambulance to take him to hospital.
The child's mother, also injured when her scooter collided with a pick-up truck near Hadil Crossing in Sarojininagar, is battling for life at KGMU Trauma Centre.
The family told reporters that the CHC refused to send little Ayush in an ambulance parked on its premises, saying it was meant only for VIPs. The boy and his mother, Soni Singh (32), residents of Rajajipuram, were taken to KGMU in a private vehicle.
The health centre has countered the allegation, maintaining that the Dial 108 ambulance service was responsible for the delay in medical attention that led to the child's death. Health officials on Sunday lodged a complaint against the 108 service at Sarojininagar police station.
Superintendent of Sarojininagar CHC Ashok Kumar said they were unable to send the boy and his mother to hospital after first aid because their ambulance driver was on leave.
"No one said the ambulance is meant for VIPs. The driver is on three days' leave and we were helpless," he stressed. "Critical patients are transported in 108 ambulance. If the 108 ambulance doesn't arrive in 15 minutes, we send patients by our ambulance. We called three times in this case, but got no response," he said.
Ajay Yadav, public relations officer of the 108 and 102 ambulance services, denied the allegations. "We received two calls at 7.27pm and 7.31pm, but they got disconnected. When we called back at 7.37pm, the CHC said an ambulance was no longer required."
CMO Narendra Agrawal said they would make one more driver available at the CHC.
The child's mother, also injured when her scooter collided with a pick-up truck near Hadil Crossing in Sarojininagar, is battling for life at KGMU Trauma Centre.
The family told reporters that the CHC refused to send little Ayush in an ambulance parked on its premises, saying it was meant only for VIPs. The boy and his mother, Soni Singh (32), residents of Rajajipuram, were taken to KGMU in a private vehicle.
The health centre has countered the allegation, maintaining that the Dial 108 ambulance service was responsible for the delay in medical attention that led to the child's death. Health officials on Sunday lodged a complaint against the 108 service at Sarojininagar police station.
Superintendent of Sarojininagar CHC Ashok Kumar said they were unable to send the boy and his mother to hospital after first aid because their ambulance driver was on leave.
"No one said the ambulance is meant for VIPs. The driver is on three days' leave and we were helpless," he stressed. "Critical patients are transported in 108 ambulance. If the 108 ambulance doesn't arrive in 15 minutes, we send patients by our ambulance. We called three times in this case, but got no response," he said.
Ajay Yadav, public relations officer of the 108 and 102 ambulance services, denied the allegations. "We received two calls at 7.27pm and 7.31pm, but they got disconnected. When we called back at 7.37pm, the CHC said an ambulance was no longer required."
CMO Narendra Agrawal said they would make one more driver available at the CHC.
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