FIR against UP hospital after Covid-19 positive judge finds no doctors, staff
Kanpur Police Commissioner Asim Arun said, "An FIR has been registered against Naraina Medical College's manager Amit Narain, doctors and staff members.";
Kanpur: A case was registered against the administration, doctors and other staff members of a private medical college here on Wednesday for alleged negligence in dealing with a district judge who had tested positive for COVID-19, police said.
The case was registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by the Kanpur Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Anil Mishra, who had accompanied the judge to the hospital, they said.
Kanpur Police Commissioner Asim Arun said, "An FIR has been registered against Naraina Medical College's manager Amit Narain, doctors and staff members."
The staff members have not been named in the FIR, he said.
The case has been registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, the police said.
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