The family of a 35-year-old man hailing from Palode, who died while undergoing treatment at a city hospital, has approached the police alleging that medical negligence on the part of the hospital staff had cost his life.
The family members alleged that the doctors did not provide proper treatment to Akhil Mohan, who was admitted to the casualty department of SK Hospital at Edapazhanji, in the wee hours of Tuesday.
Akhil’s uncle Abhilash M said Akhil suffered a heart attack on Monday. Akhil, who was a lorry driver, collapsed at Venjaramoodu and was first admitted to Nedumangad Taluk Hospital. From there, he was shifted to Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital.
“There was no bed available at the Medical College Hospital and Akhil was having breathing discomfort. So, he was taken to another private hospital where the doctors confirmed he had a heart attack. On their advice we shifted him to SK Hospital by 1am. The doctors at the casualty were shown all the medical reports, but they maintained his condition was okay and there was no cardiac issue,” Abhilash said.
Abhilash further alleged that the senior cardiology doctors initially did not visit the patient, while the juniors maintained he was alright. When Akhil’s woes worsened, he was moved to the ventilator.
“We alerted Poojappura police sensing that something was fishy. The police came and talked to the doctors. The doctors flipped their stand and said the patient was in a bad shape and he had to be moved to some other hospital for better treatment. While we were discussing the hospital shift, they announced that he had died due to a massive cardiac arrest,” Abhilash added.