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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