Thiruvananthapuram: The government has appointed Dr
Harikumaran Nair G S, special officer,
directorate of medical education, as the inquiry officer into the alleged
medical negligence incident regarding the death of a
Covid patient at
Kalamassery medical college hospital.
In his order Rajan N Khobragade, principal secretary (health) has asked the special officer to submit the report within seven days. The inquiry is related to the allegation of medical negligence raised by Jalaja Devi, nursing officer and Dr Njama Salim, with regard to the death of a Covid patient.
The government has asked the inquiry officer to find out the details on the management of both Covid and non-Covid patients at the medical college hospital. The quality of service provided by this institution will have to be checked by the inquiry officer.
After the allegation was levelled by a nursing officer and doctor, more people have come out with complaints against the medical college. In this backdrop, the government decided to constitute an inquiry commission to probe into medical negligence allegations.
Earlier, the government had asked the director of medical education to submit a preliminary report into the allegations. In her report the director of medical education Dr Remla Beevi had urged the government to go for a detailed inquiry to find out the lapses on the part of hospital authorities.
The DME had rejected the explanation given by hospital authorities which said no such medical negligence had occured in the hospital. The nursing officer and the doctor had alleged that the Covid patient had died after struggling for oxygen due to disconnection of ventilator tubes.