Afterthe news of the death of a 24-yr-old man who lost his life at PIMS Hospital,created waves across the state, Angad Datta Youth Congress president has fileda complaint to the Chief Minister’s office against the same.
In his complaint, Datta demanded for a legal action against the hospitalauthorities for the alleged negligence in the treatment and misbehaving withthe patient’s kin.
Dattasaid that, “He received a phone call from Mrs. Kamaljit Kaur, mother of Gursewak Singh who was suffering fromcovid-19 & later succumbed to death. According to her, he allegedly dieddue to negligent conduct of PIMS Hospital where another patient named RadhaRani who also lost her battle to covid-19 a few days back solely due to thenegligence of the hospital’s staff.
AfterGursewak was referred from Nawanshahr his mother got him admitted in PIMShospital, where he was tested positive for the virus. After that he startedcomplaining about being mistreated in the hospital. His health starteddeteriorating & while texting his mother on WhatsApp he wrote that he wasnot being provided with oxygen there. He had also sent his video to his motherwhere he clearly states that “mai mar jaana” and he was also seen struggling tobreathe. When his mother tried to ask Doctor Sharma about the same, heallegedly misbehaved with her and went to the extent of saying “mai tere thapadmarna” that “I will slap you and there is nothing wrong with the treatment.”Ultimately her son who was repeatedly wailing that I am going to die, succumbedto death early morning on the same day.
“Beinga mother Kamaljit Kaur was concerned about her son’s health and she did notdeserve this kind of behavior from the doctor.” , said Datta. “Threatening amother who is scurrying in the hospital for saving her son’s life isunacceptable and against the ethics of medical profession”, he added.
Dattafurther said that, “Dr. Sharma’s unethical behavior is clearly seen as aviolative code of medical ethics which a doctors commits to abide by. Doctor-patientrelationship is based on mutual trust and respect. Hence this kind of behaviourshould be condemned”.
Complaintsregarding misbehaviour had also been filed against Dr. Sharma in the past, whobelieves that slapping a patient’s mother is in his authority.
Dattawhile requesting to the authorities, demanded immediate attention to the matter& said that, “The wrongdoers must be brought to the book according to thelaw as soon as possible.”