Doctor booked for concealing information on patient

Santosh Sonawane | TNN | Updated: Apr 21, 2020, 10:41 IST

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NASHIK: A BHMS doctor from the Ambad area has been booked by police for concealing the information of a 65-year-old woman who had Covid-19 symptoms. The doctor had continued to treat the patient until her condition deteriorated and she had to be sent to a bigger private hospital.
The doctor has been booked under section 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) and other relevant sections of the IPC.
Senior PI of Ambad police station Kumar Chaudhary said the woman from Sanjeev Nagar, along the Ambad link road, had tested positive for coronavirus on April 16. She was referred to the Nashik civil hospital by a private hospital in the city. Before approaching the private hospital, the woman had received treatment from the BHMS doctor for more than a week at his clinic near her residence.
The woman’s two sons had returned home from Mumbai and Pune after the outbreak.
Despite knowing that the elderly woman had Covid-19-like symptoms, the doctor continued to treat her instead of referring her to the Nashik civil hospital.
Chaudhary said 12 other people from the private hospital, where the woman went after receiving treatment from the BHMS doctor, had to be quarantined.