IMA sends own 3 member team to probe Gorakhpur hospital tragedy
Gorakhpur: To ascertain the primary reasons behind the Gorakhpur tragedy at Baba Raghav Das Medical College hospital, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has now sent a three member team, to investigate the issue
The team has been directed to submit their report within 48 hours, a statement by the IMA said.
The committee comprises Dr KP Kushwaha and Dr BB Gupta fro IMA, Gorakhpur, and Dr Ashok Aggarwal NVP IMA, Allahabad.
The team will look into various aspects like whether the incident was due to the failure of the oxygen system, why an alert was not sounded in advance, why was the oxygen supply allowed to cease and what were the engineers doing during the period, the statement said.
The panel of doctors will ascertain if there was a medical negligence and if the deaths were avoidable, it added.
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