Bangalore: Relatives of a professor in Assam
University, who died while being treated at a leading hospital
here, on Thursday alleged that the death had occurred due to
negligence by staff, a charge denied by hospital authorities.
According to a complaint filed by the patient's relatives
with the Ulsoor Police station, Robert Tiba, a Phd Scholar and
a resident of Manipur, met with an accident on January 25 and
was admitted to the hospital, where he was operated upon on
January 27.
After gaining consciousness, he was "repeatedly
administered some drugs", both orally and through injection
without testing its effect on the patient, the complaint said,
adding, the patient immediately reacted and slipped into a
coma.
When the nurse on duty was informed, she said it was just
a reaction to a drug that was administered. When she was
alerted for the second time, the nurse noticed Tiba's
deteriorating state, it said.
"During the course, valuable time was lost and the
medical team, nurses, doctors did not surface in time", the
complaint said. Eventually, Tiba was shifted to ICU.
Hospital authorities were requested that he must be
shifted to another competent hospital in case there was no
chance of revival but the hospital did not do so and he died
on February eight, it said.
The relatives have demanded a proper investigation so
that the guilty is booked.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, February 11, 2010, 22:55