Apollo under scanner: Kin of patient alleges
negligence
Kolkata:
The family members of a 61-year-old patient, who was admitted to Apollo
Gleneagles Hospital in August 2018 with neurological problems and had died in
December, have brought charges of glaring medical negligence against the
hospital.
The
victim's son has lodged a complaint with West Bengal Clinical Establishment
Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) alleging that the patient, Ashok Diwan, was
misdiagnosed in July after he was admitted to the hospital.
Although
the doctors at the hospital had told the family members that Diwan was
suffering from life threatening brain stem glioma, the medical report did not
confirm the claim.
Ashwani Diwan, the victim's son, who also reported the matter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the doctors performed dexamethasone, chemotherapy and radiotherapy on the patient after he was wrongly diagnosed following his admission.
An MRI performed
on the patient later showed that the diagnosis of brain glioma was wrong.
Ashwani
also alleged that the patient was declared to be suffering from brain stem
glioma without performing stereotactic biopsy for which the patient was
admitted to the hospital.
When the
family members enquired about the reasons he allegedly said they failed to
conduct the stereotactic biopsy as the machine was not there.
"We
had taken the patient to the hospital with weaknesses in right leg, dysphagia
and diplopia.
After
diagnosis, a doctor suggested admission of the patient and later said the
patient had been suffering from brain stem glioma which is not curable and the
patient would not survive for too long.
He was
later discharged and advised to come to the hospital five days a week for
radiotherapy and chemotherapy," Ashwani Diwan said.
The patient
was admitted to the same hospital in August and had been under treatment till
he died in December.
He was
eventually put on ventilation as the patient suffered a cardiac arrest.
No
officials of the Apollo Gleneagles Hospital could be contacted.
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