Hakimuddin Nasir, Mahasamund. A six-year-old girl suffering from vomiting, diarrhea and fever died due to wrong treatment. After this incident, the hospital is deserted, the entire staff including the doctor is missing. After receiving a complaint in the case, the police exhumed the body of the buried girl in the presence of the executive magistrate and sent it for post-mortem. Also read: Indiscipline of teachers: Disabled servant conducts prayers, principal and teachers reach school after the national anthem
The case is from Tumgaon police station area of Mahasamund district. Netram Dhiwar, a resident of ward 8 of Tumgaon Nagar Panchayat, said that on Thursday evening at 7 o’clock, he reached Nav Jeevan Clinic in Bhoring with his 6-year-old daughter Ankita Dhiwar. The girl had become lethargic due to diarrhea and mild fever. Udayram Sahu, who was present in the clinic, said that there was a lack of water in the body due to diarrhea and glucose was required and advised to go to Nav Jeevan Hospital located at Tumgaon-Mahasamund Chowk.
The father also reached the hospital with his daughter within 15 to 20 minutes without any delay. In the absence of a doctor in the hospital, the staff attended to the girl. The girl was admitted after filling a form at the reception after taking 200 rupees. Before this, the girl was talking to her parents and other family members, but as soon as the staff administered Amikacin 250 IV, PCM IV and Ondem IV, the girl started feeling uneasy, after which the staff stopped administering the drip. The family members were told that the girl is feeling hot, take her out in the open.
Soon the girl fell unconscious. The hospital staff took her for an X-ray. When they could not control her unconscious state, the staff asked the girl’s father Netram to take her to the government community health center located a short distance away at around 10 pm. Before the father could take the girl to the hospital in a panic, the girl had already died. The doctor declared her dead. The girl’s mother kept trying to wake her daughter up by shaking her, but she did not wake up.
On receiving the information of this incident, the Vice President of Tumgaon Nagar Panchayat Pappu Kumar Patel also reached the hospital late at night and contacted the doctors and the management. MD of the hospital Dr. Shivam Pandey arrived from Raipur late at night and discussed with the family members including Nagar Panchayat Vice President Pappu Kumar Patel. During this, Dr. Pandey reprimanded the staff and accepted the mistake in treatment. After this, all the doctors, nurses and staff of Nav Jeevan Hospital disappeared from the hospital since Friday morning.
On Friday evening, Nagar Panchayat Vice President Pappu Kumar Patel reached Tumgaon police station, where he met the in-charge along with the girl’s father and gave a written complaint demanding registration of crime against the hospital management and staff. Police station in-charge Hitesh Janghel assured everyone that strict action will be taken after investigating the matter.
