U.P. hospital orders probe into man’s death

His family has alleged that he died after being administered plasma of the wrong blood group

The Sir Sunderlal Hospital in the Banaras Hindu University has initiated an internal probe after the family of a 65-year-old man suffering from a liver disease and admitted for an hernia operation died allegedly after being administered plasma of the wrong blood group. Identified as Ramesh Singh, a resident of Mangari in Varanasi, the patient was admitted to the intensive care unit. According to the hospital, he was suffering from liver cirrhosis with portal hypertension and had been under treatment for the last two years. He recently developed a hernia problem and was operated upon in the hospital in March. After a successful operation, he was shifted to the general ward of the gastro department due to his liver problem, his son Ajay Singh told the media. On March 25 he was shifted to the ICU, his son said.