Allahabad HC slams medical system in U.P.

Patients left at God’s mercy, says bench, flags callous attitude of doctors, paramedical staff

The entire medical system of Uttar Pradesh in smaller cities and villages is ‘Ram Bharose’ (at God’s mercy), the Allahabad High Court said on Monday as it took note of a case of egregious medical negligence at a goverment hospital in Meerut. The case involved the death of a person in a top government hospital and the failure of the doctors to identify him later, leading to the disposal of the body. A probe was conducted over the ‘missing’ person by a three-member committee. Santosh Kumar, aged about 64, was admitted to Medical College, Meerut on April 21 on a reference made by District Hospital Ghaziabad and was kept in an isolation ward. A doctor Tanishq Utkarsh was on duty at the time of his admission. Around 7- 8 p.m. on April 22 when the patient had gone to the washroom, he fainted there. Kumar was brought back on a stretcher and efforts were made to revive him, but he passed away. However, the team in-charge doctor Anshu, who was on night duty, was not present at the ward.