Nagpur: Dr Rahul Thawre, director of Well Treat Hospital in Wadi where four patients died in a fire incident last week, was booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder following a complaint by relative of one of the deceased. The offence was registered at Wadi police station on Monday.
It’s learnt the cops had slapped the charges on Dr Thawre holding him responsible for the fire accident in the ICU as the hospital had no adequate fire-fighting equipment, emergency and fire exits and other precautions which could have helped avert the tragedy.
While four patients had died, several others and hospital staffers too had a miraculous escape.
Forensic report along with the findings of the fire department and electrical inquiry report of the public works department (PWD) are awaited now. The report of the medical board, constituted under civil surgeon, too has been sought in the case, it’s learnt.
The hospital was also treating Covid patients, but it’s still unclear whether there was any sanction for the same.
In the past, there had been a fracas at the hospital around a fortnight ago after the management had a tiff with a patient’s relatives.
Senior inspector Pradeep Suryavanshi of Wadi police station said statements of key witnesses have been recorded. “We are awaiting the crucial reports which will help us in the investigation,” he said.