Family protests outside Patna Hospital after death of 15-year-old patient

Patna: Protests erupted outside Paras Hospital in Patna on Monday following the death of a 15-year-old boy who had been admitted to the ICU in a critical condition, officials said.   

The family members staged a protest by placing the dead body of the boy along with the ICU bed and ventilator on the road.

The deceased had been admitted to the ICU after sustaining a head injury from being hit by a bat. The family has alleged negligence on the part of the hospital management that led to his death.  

According to an ANI report, Pinki Devi, a relative of the deceased, alleged that the son of an inspector hit the victim on his head and later bribed the hospital to remove his name from the incident.

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She also claimed that the hospital took Rs 5 lakh from the family and still did not give any treatment to the child.  

As per a media report in the TOI, angered over the alleged denial of access and treatment, family members and locals created a ruckus at the hospital, vandalising property, breaking windows, throwing flower pots and damaging vehicles.  

As part of the protest, they brought the ICU bed, ventilator and the body onto the road.   

The family further alleged that they were repeatedly denied access to see him despite depositing around Rs 2 lakh for treatment. They also claimed that doctors continued to demand more money while insisting he was alive, even as his condition worsened. 

"We paid around Rs 5 lakh here, but no treatment was done. The son of an Inspector had hit my sister's son with a bat, and he collapsed there. We brought him to this hospital, but no care was taken. The inspector, whose son hit him, has bribed the hospital," Devi said.

Further details are awaited.  

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