Vadodara: Relatives of a Covid-19 patient who died at a city-based hospital on Tuesday morning alleged negligence of doctors.
The 31-year-old Yogesh Chauhan passed away while he was under treatment for Covid-19 at Sumandeep Hospital, located on Kothi crossroads. His relatives alleged that while he was recovering from the infection, he died due to negligence of the hospital administration. Yogesh, a mechanical engineer by profession, was admitted to the hospital on Sunday.
On Monday, he was administered tocilizumab injection. “Although he was put on ventilator, his condition was improving. Yesterday, we were told that after administering the injection, his condition will improve further,” alleged his younger brother Chirag Chauhan. When TOI contacted the hospital, doctors concerned were busy talking to police.
“On Tuesday morning, we received a call from the hospital that he had collapsed from the bed because of which his heart failed. We are not ready to buy this argument as there was bleeding and his eyes swollen,” he claimed. “We were not shown any x-ray or blood report. I had requested the hospital administration to send me the reports on my cell phone which they did not,” he alleged.
Raopura police filed an accidental death report while his relatives submitted an application of complaint against the hospital.
In another case, a group of residents of Wadi area of the city alleged that the administration of Care Multispecialty Hospital on Waghodiya Road was not sharing details of their 50-year-old relative Laxmi Parmar, who was undergoing treatment for 14 days. Later, in the day, Parmar’s relatives said that they were informed by the hospital that the patient passed away at around 2.30 pm.
“We never received any proper response from the hospital staff regarding her health,” said Ranjit Parmar.