Gorakhpur Update: Doctors become Scapegoat in the Blame-game of Hospital Tragedy
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New Delhi: While children and patients have become the biggest casualty in the recent tragedy at the BRD Medical College, doctors at the said hospital have now taken the secondary hit- becoming the scapegoat in the after tragedy blame-game as the death toll at the hospital rose to 70.
It is reported that amidst the media condemnation over the tragedy, on 12th August, 2017, came the reports of the suspension of the principal of Gorakhpur's Baba Raghav Das Medical College Rajiv Mishra, who was primarily blamed as accountable for the tragedy." We are suspending BRD medical college principal with immediate effect for this negligent behaviour," State Minister for Medical Education Ashutosh Tandon
Dr Mishra, on the other hand, reacted by denying all allegations that were thrown against him, stating that as an act of responsibility he had already tendered his resignation before the suspension. "I had already written my resignation earlier, owning up to all the deaths that happened at the BRD Hospital," Rajiv Mishra told ANI.
Meanwhile, on the morning of 13th August 2017, media reports were seen hailing the head of the pediatric department, Dr Kafeel Khan was hailed in the morning for his quick action and efforts and running around for making oxygen cylinders available during the fateful night. In the evening, however, it was announced that Dr Kafeel Khan has been removed as the Nodal Officer for the Department of Pediatrics of the hospital. His role in the purchasing committee is now being questioned and the doctor is now saddled under serious allegations on which enquiry has been ordered.
It is reported that amidst the media condemnation over the tragedy, on 12th August, 2017, came the reports of the suspension of the principal of Gorakhpur's Baba Raghav Das Medical College Rajiv Mishra, who was primarily blamed as accountable for the tragedy." We are suspending BRD medical college principal with immediate effect for this negligent behaviour," State Minister for Medical Education Ashutosh Tandon
Dr Mishra, on the other hand, reacted by denying all allegations that were thrown against him, stating that as an act of responsibility he had already tendered his resignation before the suspension. "I had already written my resignation earlier, owning up to all the deaths that happened at the BRD Hospital," Rajiv Mishra told ANI.
Meanwhile, on the morning of 13th August 2017, media reports were seen hailing the head of the pediatric department, Dr Kafeel Khan was hailed in the morning for his quick action and efforts and running around for making oxygen cylinders available during the fateful night. In the evening, however, it was announced that Dr Kafeel Khan has been removed as the Nodal Officer for the Department of Pediatrics of the hospital. His role in the purchasing committee is now being questioned and the doctor is now saddled under serious allegations on which enquiry has been ordered.
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