Talcher (SunstarTV Bureau): A heart wrenching incident took place in Talcher as a youth got call from a private COVID hospital saying his father’s health condition is improving gradually, surprisingly demise of his 10 days later.
A phone call between the nephew of the deceased and the hospital health desk went viral, where it raised question upon the dwindling health care system of State.
According to sources, Karanveer Ray from Hatatota, Talcher was admitted to a private hospital under Infocity police limits after he was diagnosed with COVID-19 on April 25. For the next two days, his relatives ran from pillar to post to get health updates of Karanveer, but in vain. Even after Karanveer’s reported death on April 27, the hospital authorities allegedly did not provide any information to his son Manoj Ray, who had to lodge a complaint at the Infocity police station following which it came to fore that Karanveer died on April 27 itself.However, Manoj’s ordeal did not end there. As per the allegations, despite Karanveer testing negative just before his death on April 27, the hospital authorities denied Manoj to handover the body, thereby depriving Karanveer a proper funeral.
“Narrating the incident, a grief stricken Manoj said, “A call was made to my cousin while we were returning from my father’s 10th-day death ritual informing about his health. The caller from the hospital said my father’s oxygen saturation level is at 97% and he is doing well. When my cousin told him that Karanveer has already died 10 days back while under treatment at their hospital, the caller disconnected the call.”
Bringing serious allegations of medical negligence behind his father’s death, Manoj has registered an FIR and also wrote to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
