Noted vocalist to meet PM Narendra Modi, CM Yogi Adityanath as daughter’s death probe is delayed

VARANASI: Upset over delay in probe ordered by the district administration in the death of his daughter on April 29 at a private hospital while undergoing treatment, noted classical vocalist Padma Vibhushan Pt Chhannulal Mishra has said that after spending 20 sleepless nights awaiting the probe report, he has decided to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Yogi Adityanath to seek justice.
Talking to reporters here on Friday, Pt Mishra said, “The district administration had referred the matter of death of my daughter Sangita Mishra to a three-member committee of senior doctors on May 2 to investigate the matter and give a report at the earliest. However, no investigation report has been finalised so far. I haven’t slept for 20 nights while waiting for the report to know what had happened to Sangita in the hospital.”
Pt Mishra, who was one of proposers of Modi when he had contested Lok Sabha election from Varanasi in 2014, said, “I had ensured Sangita’s admission to a private hospital following intervention of district magistrate and depositing Rs 1.50 lakh on April 25. On April 26 my wife died and we could not visit the hospital. On April 29 night, we were informed that Sangita had died.”
On May 3, Pt Mishra’s other daughter Dr Aarti Mishra reached the hospital and alleged that the owner and staff of the private hospital’s Covid facility in Maidagin area had murdered Sangeeta. She sought CCTV footage of Sangita’s admission period. Taking note of her allegation, inspector Kotwali Brijesh Singh reached the hospital and informed reporters that after taking her complaint, police had started investigating the matter and action would be initiated after the investigation is complete.
On Friday, Dr Aarti claimed that she possessed CCTV footage of the day when her sister was admitted to the ICU of the hospital in which she was visible on her bed. However, the hospital owner and staff are claiming that CCTV footage was not available with them due to technical snag in the CCTV network of the hospital.
Dr Aarti has levelled many serious allegations on the hospital mentioning that a day after claiming that Sangita had become 95% cured they informed her family that she died of heart attack. But when the body was handed over to her family, blood was noticed in Sangita’s nose and mouth. Later, the hospital asked them to pay Rs 4 lakhs claiming that injections of Rs 35,000 and Rs 40,000 were administered to Sangita.
However, the hospital has not provided prescription, diagnostic reports or related documents so that we could know what ailment Sangita was having and the course of treatment and also the medicines given to her, she alleged.