Deceased patient’s label serious allegation against Jamshedpur hospital management

Jamshedpur, May 22: Administration team continued their probe for the third consecutive day into the anomalies during treatment of Covid patients at Adityapur-2 based 111 Save LIfe Hospital whose owner Dr O. P Anand shot into news for hurling abuse at state health minister Banna Gupta and not cooperating with the health department team who had gone to check records after complaints from patients of being charged exorbitantly for treatment. 

The probe is being carried out after complaints of death of two Covid patients due to alleged callousness of the hospital administration. The relatives of both the deceased patients were also called for presenting their views at the community health centre in Gamharia where they were asked for about two hours. 

Significantly on last Saturday, when the health department team had reached the hospital to probe into alleged harassment of patient’s relatives on the directive of the health minister, the owner Dr O. P Anand had threatened of beating up the minister and also threatened the team and did not cooperate with the probe. 

On the directive of Seraikela Kharsawan SP, a case was lodged on the basis of complaint lodged by acting civil surgeon at the RIT thana and a probe was begun. The district deputy commissioner also sought a report within 72 hours from an adminstrative team led by additional deputy collector. 

The team met the two deceased patient late Sunil Kumar Jha (resident of Rain Basera in Adityapur) and late Pushpa Kumari (resident of Kadma). Daughters of late Sunil Kumar Jha, Jyotsana Jha and Nidhi Jha presented their grievances while daughters of late Pushpa Kumari, Priti Kumari and Priya Kumari narrated about their harassment by the hospital authorities to the administration team. 

They accused the hospital authorities of mental harassment, fleecing money in the name of treatment and also presented documents against the hospital authorities. 

They said that they had deposited the amount of Rs 70,000 required by the hospital online only after which oxygen supported bed was allocated to their patient. On April 28 their father was put on ventilator but soon they were told that their father was improving and on April 29 without trained doctors the ventilator was taken out from their father after which their condition got critical and was put again on ventilator but their father died on April 30. 

During the course they had deposited online Rs 1.60 lakh to the hospital.

The hospital has failed to give them receipt of the payment done.  They also accused Dr Sarita Anand, wife of the owner Dr O. P Anand of speaking rudely and using abusive language. They demanded stern action against the hospital.