Rajkot, July 04: Congress MP Kunvarji Bavaliya has
demanded the suspension of the superintendent and
ophthalmologist of Guru Govindsinh Hospital in Jamnagar for
their alleged negligence due to which nearly 20 eyes that were
donated were left unattended for many hours.
Bavaliya, in his letter to Gujarat Health Minister
Jaynarayan Vyas, alleged that despite adequate equipments at
the hospital the authority did not use it properly, rendering
them unfit for transplant.
He also claimed that the superintendent B D Gupta and
ophthalmologist, Mayank Acharya had a poor service record.
When Gupta was head of post-mortem department several
incident of eye theft from dead bodies occurred, while the
ophthalmologist Mayank Acharya was transferred for his
negligence on duty, the MP said in the letter.
The Congress MP alleged that there are several other
complaints against hospital doctors but the state government
does not take action against them.
The donated eyes were surgically removed between June
8-25 and the Jamnagar hospital received them on June 30, where
it remained unattended for nearly 12 hours.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, July 04, 2009, 19:22