Karam Prakash
Tribune News Service
Patiala, October 3
The deployment of homoeopathic doctors — instead of allopathic — in the emergency wing of a private hospital in Jamp;K’s Jammu has allegedly resulted in the death of an intelligence officer.
A resident of Patiala, the deceased officer of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) — Himanshu Sharma — was posted in Jammu.
It has been learnt that on the complaint of the father of the deceased, the Director, Health Services, Jammu, had formed a panel to find out the cause of the death. The said panel found that the staff at the hospital, especially the homoeopathic doctor, were not qualified enough to handle such a medical emergency. Consequently, the treatment protocol was not followed in a professional manner, the panel added.
Himanshu accompanied by his father Vinay Sharma reached a private hospital in Jammu on July 7, 2021, with a complaint of stomach ache. The officer — as per the report — allegedly died within a few minutes after the initial treatment given by the emergency staff therein. The report, however, reveals that an additional team of experts reached the emergency, but the condition of the deceased had already deteriorated. The panel pointed out that the specialists were called only after the patient had suffered irreversible damage.
Meanwhile, Vinay Sharma, father of the deceased, said he had been making rounds of the police station so that a case could be registered against the doctor and hospital authorities. He said, “Though the inquiry panel has already found negligence by the hospital authorities, the police have not registered the case so far.” Vinay further said he gave a written complaint to the Jammu SSP for lodging an FIR into the case last month, but to no avail.
Meanwhile, the Jammu police did not respond to queries until the filing of the report.
Patiala native had stomach ache
On July 7, 2021, Patiala resident Himanshu Sharma, intelligence officer posted in Jamp;K, reached a private hospital in Jammu with a complaint of stomach ache. He was accompanied by his father Vinay Sharma. The officer allegedly died within a few minutes after the initial treatment given by the emergency staff of the hospital.
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