SCB Medical College Hospital faces fresh ICU negligence allegations

Speaking to Odisha TV, he said, “Where senior officials relax and let junior employees handle the work, such incidents are bound to happen. Security personnel, attendants and extremely junior employees act like authorities there. They try to dominate patients and their attendants.”

He has also raised concerns about the poorly lit corridor and a lack of staff presence between midnight and early morning hours.

“Not a single staff member can be found between midnight and 5 am. Patients are left to their fate. They survive only by God’s grace,” he said.

Earlier, Medical Dialogues reported that SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, came under scanner after a video allegedly showing a female patient falling from her bed inside the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) went viral on social media. Following the incident, hospital authorities constituted a six-member committee to investigate the matter.

The six-member inquiry panel will be headed by Prof Saroj Kumar Tripathy, Head of the Department of Medicine. The committee has been tasked with examining the circumstances leading to the patient’s fall, identifying any lapses in supervision or management, and submitting its findings for further action.

Dr Nayak, additional superintendent of the medical college and hospital, further stated that Prof Subhendu Acharya, who was heading the ICU, has been relieved of his charge, with Prof Jayant Panda taking over the unit. Following the preliminary inquiry, six nursing staff members were transferred to other departments. The hospital administration also shifted the two outsourced attendants who were on duty in the ICU on the night of the incident.  

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