Bengal Govt set up six-member committee to probe Apollo Hospitals' alleged negligence

Kolkata: West Bengal's health department announced the setting up of a six-member committee under special secretary Subir Chatterjee to probe against alleged negligence and extortion of Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals in the city.

This development happned barely hours an FIR was filed by the grieving family members after 30-year-old Sanjay Roy, who was admitted into the private hospital, died few hours after being shifted to SSKM Hospital last week.

Meanwhile, Phoolbagan police station inspector Sumon Naskar led an investigation police team into the private hospital near Salt Lake in the city and sought documents related to the admission, mode of payments and released of Sanjoy Roy, who finally breathed his last at SSKM Hospital in the night of February 23.

Widow of Sanjay Roy, Ruby Roy along with her relatives today went in the Apollo Hospitals to deposits dues in cash and sought return of FD certificates, worth several lakh of rupees, which were taken by the hospital as guarantors. Ruby Roy, who filed the FIR with the Phoolbagan police station in the city last night under sections of 304, 384 and 34 including extortion against Apollo Gleneagles Hospital and Dr Shyamal Sarkar for alleged negligence causing death to her husband, said they wanted justice by way of punishment to the medics and management of hospital. " We have come to deposit dues and take back the FD certificates which have been taken by the hospital as guarantors against release of my husband. If the hospital would have been considerate a bit and release my husband on time for treatment at the SSKM hospital instead of insisting of having cash first then he would be survived," a crying Ruby Roy told the reporters at the gate of Apollo Hospitals.