Patient dies during treatment at GTB Hospital, kin alleges negligence

New Delhi: Chaos erupted at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital after angry relatives of a patient created a ruckus outside the hospital, alleging medical negligence after their family member had died four days later after being admitted to the hospital.

According to the police, the patient had been missing since November 4 and was found intoxicated lying on a footpath near a road in Shahdara. Afterwards, he was taken to the GTB hospital for treatment. However, he could not survive and died on Sunday.

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Upon getting the information of the patient's death, his family members accused the hospital of medical negligence, gathered outside the hospital and briefly created a ruckus prompting a police intervention to restore calm. 

Speaking to TNIE, DCP (Shahdara) Prashant Gautam said, "A call was received on November 6 regarding a man, who had a tattoo of ‘Azeem’ on his right forearm, lying on a footpath near Tahirpur in an inebriated state. The man was immediately admitted to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital. His family members were searched, but no clues were found."

"After three days of searching, we finally tracked down the man’s family members on November 9 and informed them. It was found they had lodged a missing complaint at Nand Nagri police station. The family of the patient said he had left home on November 4. When he failed to return, they approached the police. The parents informed us that their son was an alcoholic and had previously been admitted to a drug addiction centre,” added the DCP. 

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