WB Medical Council Suspends Radiologist, Surgeon; Charges Apollo Gleneagles of Inhuman Behavior
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The council charged Apollo of "inhuman behavior"
Sanjay Roy, a resident of Dankuni of Hooghly district, was critically injured in a motorbike accident on February 26, 2017, and was admitted the said hospital with abdominal and chest injuries. Telegraph reports that His family and friends have alleged that Apollo authorities forced them to submit fixed-deposit certificates before they let them shift him to SSKM Hospital and claimed the delay had led to his death
Kolkata: The West Bengal Medical Council has canceled the registration of two doctors including a radiologist and a surgeon attached to Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals at EM Bypass, for alleged medical negligence led to death 30-year-old Sanjay Roy a year ago.
Sanjay Roy, a resident of Dankuni of Hooghly district, was critically injured in a motorbike accident on February 26, 2017, and was admitted the said hospital with abdominal and chest injuries. Telegraph reports that His family and friends have alleged that Apollo authorities forced them to submit fixed-deposit certificates before they let them shift him to SSKM Hospital and claimed the delay had led to his death
After the death of the motorcyclist, two days after the accident, the victim's wife filed a complaint of medical negligence and inflated medical bills, which created large-scale resentment among the people of fraudulent medical practices across the state. Apollo was accused of billing Roy's family for a procedure - "hepatic artery embolization" to stop bleeding from the liver - that was not conducted at all, a fact that was confirmed by the post-mortem report.
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