Uttar Pradesh: 'Poorly preserved' platelet caused patient's death in Prayagraj

PRAYAGRAJ: It was poorly preserved platelet, and not 'mosambi juice' (sweet lime juice), that led to the death of a 36-year-old dengue patient at Prayagraj-based Global Hospital on October 17. Meanwhile, the Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) has served a notice on the owner of a building which houses this hospital in Dhoomanganj area of the city, asking the occupants to vacate the premises before October 28 as the building, constructed without proper approved plans, would be sealed.
Prayagraj DM Sanjay Khatri said on Wednesday that a probe had found that the patient had been given a packet of 'poorly preserved' platelets. "The report submitted by a three-member probe team found that the patient had been given poorly preserved platelets. The report also found laxity in treatment at Global Hospital. We are taking action based on this information," he said.
The hospital came under the scanner after the family of the patient claimed that he died after being administered 'mosambi' juice instead of platelets on October 17. The transfusion was done on October 14 and the patient died on October 17 in another hospital in the Georgetown area of the city.
His family had claimed that the platelets he was administered were very thin and made of fruit juice.