Roehl_JC
Moderator
PUNE:
The expert committee at Sassoon general hospital, which was probing the circumstances behind the death of 14-year-old Reeda Shaikh the country's first swine flu casualty has absolved Jehangir hospital of charges of negligence.
This has been stated in a report which was submitted by the hospital medical superintendent to senior police inspector Suhas Nadgouda of the Bund Garden police station last week.
The committee avoided making a comment on whether action should be taken against another hospital, Ruby Hall Clinic, for testing the H1N1 samples. However, it has said that any investigation into Ruby Hall's role in testing H1N1 samples should be done by the director of health services, Mumbai. The committee said it had not come across any circular or directive from the health services which does not allow the testing of such samples at private hospitals.
When TOI sought the comments of Dr Sujata Malik, medical superintendent of Ruby Hall, she said, "We have not received any such report."
Reeda died at Jehangir hospital on August 3. Three days later, the Pune police wrote to the dean of Sassoon hospital to form a committee to probe alleged charges of negligence against the Jehangir and Ruby Hall in view of a supreme court order. The victim's aunt, Ayesha Shaikh, had also demanded action against the hospitals in a complaint filed with the police.
The committee, after examining Reeda's medical reports between June 20 and August 3, arrived at the conclusion that Jehangir hospital cannot be held responsible for negligence. The committee noted that the hospital, in its explanation, had given details of the visits made by government officials, including state health director Dr B S Dhakure and others, on July 31 and August 2, but it had failed to make a mention of these visits in the case papers.
The committee report said: "We have tried to find out guidelines for H1N1 sample collection for this duration. We have not come across any written guidelines regarding the same for the above mentioned period. The deputy director of health services, Pune, had issued a circular on August 2 after the patient was detected H1N1 positive."
The committee relied on the copy of the minutes dated May 10 submitted by deputy director health services, Pune, to shift H1N1 positive patients to Naidu hospital.
Meanwhile, inspector Nadgouda told TOI on Monday that he will send the committee report and the complaint filed by the victim's aunt to the director of the state health services for a second opinion.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...es-Jehangir-hospital-/articleshow/5285965.cms
The expert committee at Sassoon general hospital, which was probing the circumstances behind the death of 14-year-old Reeda Shaikh the country's first swine flu casualty has absolved Jehangir hospital of charges of negligence.
This has been stated in a report which was submitted by the hospital medical superintendent to senior police inspector Suhas Nadgouda of the Bund Garden police station last week.
The committee avoided making a comment on whether action should be taken against another hospital, Ruby Hall Clinic, for testing the H1N1 samples. However, it has said that any investigation into Ruby Hall's role in testing H1N1 samples should be done by the director of health services, Mumbai. The committee said it had not come across any circular or directive from the health services which does not allow the testing of such samples at private hospitals.
When TOI sought the comments of Dr Sujata Malik, medical superintendent of Ruby Hall, she said, "We have not received any such report."
Reeda died at Jehangir hospital on August 3. Three days later, the Pune police wrote to the dean of Sassoon hospital to form a committee to probe alleged charges of negligence against the Jehangir and Ruby Hall in view of a supreme court order. The victim's aunt, Ayesha Shaikh, had also demanded action against the hospitals in a complaint filed with the police.
The committee, after examining Reeda's medical reports between June 20 and August 3, arrived at the conclusion that Jehangir hospital cannot be held responsible for negligence. The committee noted that the hospital, in its explanation, had given details of the visits made by government officials, including state health director Dr B S Dhakure and others, on July 31 and August 2, but it had failed to make a mention of these visits in the case papers.
The committee report said: "We have tried to find out guidelines for H1N1 sample collection for this duration. We have not come across any written guidelines regarding the same for the above mentioned period. The deputy director of health services, Pune, had issued a circular on August 2 after the patient was detected H1N1 positive."
The committee relied on the copy of the minutes dated May 10 submitted by deputy director health services, Pune, to shift H1N1 positive patients to Naidu hospital.
Meanwhile, inspector Nadgouda told TOI on Monday that he will send the committee report and the complaint filed by the victim's aunt to the director of the state health services for a second opinion.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...es-Jehangir-hospital-/articleshow/5285965.cms