Jharsuguda: In a tragic incident, a man died due to lack of proper healthcare services at the Jharsuguda district headquarters hospital (DHH), here Wednesday. The incident became public after a video showing a nurse injecting saline into the dead body, went viral, Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Khetramani Kusum (30), a resident of Jalimal village under Laikera block in Jhasuguda district.
Family members of Khetramani said he was mentally unstable and had consumed pesticides Wednesday at around 11.00am. His condition became critical and he was rushed to the Jharsuguda DHH.
However, in reaching the DHH, the family members of Khetramani had to run from one floor to another because of the unavailability of doctors. Finally doctors at the ground floor started treating him, but then it was too late.
Khetramani’s brother alleged that the former was not sent to the department where his stomach could have been flushed. There was no one to attend to the patient for an extended period and Kehtramani breathed his last. “Had Khetramani been provided the right treatment quickly, he would have survived,” Khetramani’s brother alleged.
However, in another horrific act, a couple of nurses were then seen inserting saline drip into the body of Khetramani in the video. Khetramani’s brother is also seen asking the nurses in an agitated fashion as to why saline is being given to a dead person. However, in the video not a single doctor is seen.
This incident has once more raised serious questions regarding healthcare services provided in various DHH. The video once more throws light on the careless attitude of the doctors employed in government hospitals.
Additional District Medical officer (ADMO) Dr RK Choudhury however, contradicted the family members of Khetramani. He said that because of the consumption of pesticides, fluids had accumulated within the patient’s heart and that he was brought to the hospital in a very critical condition. “The patient died while he was undergoing treatment, there was no negligence on the hospital’s part,” said Choudhury.
said, due to the intake of pesticides, water was deposited in the heart of the man. The man has not died due to our negligence but was died during the treatment’.
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