BJP panel reaches Jaisalmer to probe elderly’s death

JAISALMER: The committee formed by state BJP president Satish Poonia reached Jaisalmer and started investigation in the case wherein a 78-year-old corona-positive patient died at the Covid centre in Jaisalmer after he fell down in the bathroom.
The body was lying there for hours and did not get treatment on time. The committee consists of Jaisalmer in-charge and Jalore MLA Yogeshwar Garg, Phalodi MLA Pabaram Vishnoi and state convener IT Avinash Joshi.
The committee, along with local BJP leaders, went to deceased Joshi’s house and expressing condolence, took complete information from the family members. The family told the committee that Joshi fell down in the bathroom and nobody knew about it for a long time. When the family members got information about it, they called the doctor and compounder, but the door was locked from outside. The family explained many more things about carelessness of the Covid centre before the committee. Later, the committee spoke to the CMHO and also visited the Covid centre and addressed the media.
Garg told the press that as per the guidelines, keeping a 78-year-old patient at Covid centre was wrong. Apart from this, several types of negligence were carried out at the Covid centre and Joshi did not get first-aid in time. Apart from this, slackness was seen in the health department and they will submit their report to the BJP state president.
The three-member team met with district collector Ashish Modi in this regard and the collector satisfied the committee members and said that there was no negligence done in the case.
Jaisalmer district collector Ashish Modi also organised a press conference in which he clearly refused of any carelessness or negligence by the health department in death of Joshi at the Covid centre. He said in the ward in which Joshi was admitted, his family member was also admitted in the same ward. The moment information was given, the compounder on duty immediately reached the ward risking his life without wearing a PPE kit and took care of Joshi who was lying on the floor. He said the time was early morning and thus it took the on-call doctor to come in 20-25 minutes and knowingly, no negligence has taken place.
The collector also said that he was asymptomatic and there is a guideline to keep such patients at home on the request of family members and based on this, permission was given to keep him in home quarantine. Apart from this, the condition of the elderly person was such that he was given the permission.
The collector said that a committee has been made to decide whether to keep a patient in home quarantine or at the Covid Centre and the committee decides where to send the patient.