Kota hospital MD, staff booked for giving Covid-19 patient glucose injection instead of remdesivir

The managing director and the nursing staff of a private hospital in Rajasthan's Kota district were on Thursday booked under culpable homicide, cheating and criminal conspiracy charges over the death of Covid-19 patient, who was allegedly administered a glucose injection instead of remdesivir.

The managing director and the nursing staff of a private hospital in Rajasthan's Kota district were on Thursday booked under culpable homicide, cheating and criminal conspiracy charges over the death of Covid-19 patient, who was allegedly administered a glucose injection instead of remdesivir. This comes a day after Kota District Collector Ujjawal Rathore ordered a probe into the incident that took place last week. Circle Inspector, Jawahar Nagar police station, Ramkishan Verma said a case was lodged under sections 304(A), 420 and 120 (B) of the IPC against nursing staff Manoj Raiger, Rakesh Raiger and Brijmohan, and managing director Rakesh Jindal of Kota Heart Hospital.