A 17-year-old girl from Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, died after a doctor at a private hospital allegedly gave her the wrong injection, in a terrible case of incompetence and insensitivity. According to the victim’s relatives, the hospital workers allegedly threw her body on a motorcycle that was parked outside before fleeing the scene without even letting them know that she had passed away.
The girl’s family is demanding justice, and the doctor and hospital personnel have all fled out of fear of backlash from the public. The girl may be seen lying motionless on a motorcycle in a viral video taken outside the hospital.
The victim, Bharti, was taken to the Radha Swami Hospital located on Karhal Road in Ghiror area as she had a fever on Tuesday, her aunt Manisha said, adding that she was “absolutely fine” on Wednesday. The doctor then gave her an injection, after which her condition worsened, the aunt alleged, adding that the doctor told her to take Bharti to a different hospital as her condition was worsening and they couldn’t do anything about it. She said Bharti was already dead when they asked her this.
The District’s Chief Medical Officer ordered sealing the hospital after a nodal officer sent by him to the spot found there was no doctor or administrative staff there.
“There was a patient present in the hospital, who had undergone surgery. He was admitted to the nearest community health centre and the hospital was sealed,” Chief Medical Officer RC Gupta said and added that the hospital was registered but the hospital operator was not a doctor, so his licence was cancelled.
UP Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, who handles the state’s health department, ordered action against the private hospital on Thursday.
“The family members have alleged that the girl was administered wrong treatment, after which her health deteriorated,” CMO Gupta said.
Instead of making arrangements to shift her to another hospital, the staff brought the patient out and then “fled”, the family complained.
