KIMS doctors charged with giving false Covid report

HUBBALLI: Aman Foundation has alleged that KIMS doctors have added a patient’s name in Covid-19 victims’ list without proper testing. According to the Social organisation, the report says he was tested negative.
In a press release, Foundation president Naveed Mulla has said that a 62-year-old man was suffering from severe fever on June 30, and his blood test had revealed that he was lacking platelets. “As he was denied treatment at a private hospital, he was admitted in KIMS, after which the doctors treated him at ICU. Besides saying that he was not responding to treatment, the doctors said he had Covid-19 symptoms. They also declared him dead due to the infection,” he said, adding: “They did not handover the body to his relatives, saying they will perform last rites as per the direction of the district administration. They had called 4-5 relatives of the diseased for the last rites on July 1. The doctors had added his name to the list Covid-19 victims. But now his report shows him negative. KIMS doctors have tortured the family members of the patient by giving false information,” he claimed.
He demanded action against doctors for the alleged lapses.
Responding to the charges, KIMS director Dr Ramalingappa Antaratani said: “As per ICMR guidelines, we will treat the death of all non-Covid patients as Covid positive and perform the last rites as per SOPs. The same has happened with this patient too. His report, which came on Saturday, showed him negative for Covid-19.”