Mumbai: Thane hospital deaths were ‘not due to negligence’ | Mumbai News - Times of India
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Thane: The six-member committee, set up to probe the death of four Covid patients in the private Vedant hospital ICU on Monday, absolved the facility of negligence or oxygen shortage.
The team, led by Bhiwandi civic chief Dr Pankaj Ashiya, along with Thane deputy collector Shivaji Patil, deputy civic chief Sandeep Malvi and technical experts, visited the hospital and interacted with patients and staff. The report was given to the Thane collector on Tuesday, and a synopsis was shared with media on Friday. The team said the deaths were Covid-related.
“The probe has cleared the hospital of medical negligence and observed the situation arose due to lack of proper communication, and advised the administration to regularly update relatives about the status of their patients,” said collector Rajesh Narvekar.
The team also noticed the timings of the death of patients was before, when the system failed, relatives claimed. Manoj Badgeri