Chennai: MIOT hospitals denies negligence led to death of 18 patients
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Chennai: The MIOT Hospitals denied the charge that its 'neglience' had caused the death of 18 patients due to lack of oxygen when its generators were reportedly flooded in the heavy rains last year.
The hospital stated this to the notice issued to it by the court on a petition by social activist 'Traffic' Ramaswamy who had levelled various charges against it.
Ramaswamy had charged the hospital with having violated medical rules and not providing mobile or back-up generators or power supply, resulting in the death of 18 patients due to lack of oxygen during the floods last year.
The patients died in the hospital on December 4 allegedly due to flooding of generator room and resultant snap of ventilator and oxygen support.
The hospital had then been running on generator as there was there was no electricity.
Managing Director of MIOT hospitals P V Mohandas in his reply to the first bench, headed by Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice M M Sundaresh, said there was no neglience on the part of the hospital and the patients had not died of lack of oxygen, as alleged.
The hospital stated this to the notice issued to it by the court on a petition by social activist 'Traffic' Ramaswamy who had levelled various charges against it.
Ramaswamy had charged the hospital with having violated medical rules and not providing mobile or back-up generators or power supply, resulting in the death of 18 patients due to lack of oxygen during the floods last year.
The patients died in the hospital on December 4 allegedly due to flooding of generator room and resultant snap of ventilator and oxygen support.
The hospital had then been running on generator as there was there was no electricity.
Managing Director of MIOT hospitals P V Mohandas in his reply to the first bench, headed by Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice M M Sundaresh, said there was no neglience on the part of the hospital and the patients had not died of lack of oxygen, as alleged.
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