Patient made to shuttle between hospitals dies in Vadodara

VADODARA: State-run SSG Hospital on Wednesday witnessed a ruckus as family members and relatives of a Fatehpura resident alleged negligence by medical staff of both SSG Hospital and GMERS Medical College and Hospital, Gotri.
According to the family, Fatehpura resident Mukesh Rana, who was facing breathing problems since last couple of days, was brought to SSG hospital on Tuesday evening but was made to shuttle between the two hospitals in ambulance till he died.
“After some primary treatment, the medical staff at SSG Hospital told us that he was Covid-19 positive and should be taken to Gotri hospital. They had not carried out any test but simply declared him as positive case,” said Jignesh Macchi, who stays in the Ranavas neighbourhood.
“When we took him to Gotri hospital, just as we reached there, we were not even allowed to bring him out of the ambulance. We were asked to simply return to SSG Hospital. In fact, they also put another patient from Anand, in our ambulance and asked to return to SSG,” said Macchi. He added that while the patient from Anand passed away when ambulance reached near Kalaghoda circle, Rana passed away just when the ambulance entered SSG at around 9.30 pm.
“My father died due to medical negligence. They could have provided timely treatment instead of making us shuttle between hospitals,” said Vishal, son of the deceased.
Rana was also suffering jaundice, family members said.