Doctors to be questioned over ambulance death

KOLKATA/BURDWAN: An afternoon after Kolkata Police arrested the co-owner of a Burdwan nursing house along with its manager, the police indicated they will question doctors and resident clinical officials of Annapurna Nursing Home who were treating Madhyamik examinee Arijit Das. Das had died on March 15 on learn how to Kolkata in an ambulance which had an AC mechanic posing as a health care provider.
“It was once their accountability to ensure that the affected person reached the hospital in Kolkata safely. Yet, their role is very suspicious. A raid in 2016 by means of police and health officials discovered not a single certified RMO on the hospital. There was once also a dearth of certified nurses and paramedics, which led the officials to serve a closure understand. We can be having a look into the qualifications of the accused. We will begin by means of wondering the 3 RMOs,” said an officer.

CMOH Dr Pranab Roy on Monday served a closure understand to Annapura Nursing Home for an indefinite length after a marvel inspection. The group, together with Roy, Burdwan DM Anurag Srivastaava and ADM (building) Ratneshwar Roy, discovered no doctors or nursing team of workers despite the fact that six patients were being admitted. The group also discovered the nursing house running the ICU beds with out approval. They were also surprised on discovering that Arijit Das’s parents were charged Rs 7,500 for simply two hours’ stay in the hospital. The group instructed the nursing house to shift the prevailing patients to aproper hospital.

Officers at Purba Jadavpur said they've approached the Medical Council of India which has agreed to offer technical assistance. The CCTV footages recovered from the nursing house are helping cops identify the folks present on the hospital on the time when Das was once being transferred to Kolkata, said assets.

Cops said they've discovered that the nursing house was once heavily funded by means of some ambulance homeowners. “There are 294 nursing properties in Burdwan by myself, 100 of which might be said to have ambulance homeowners as their monetary consumers. Patients were brought here best to be referred to Kolkata inside of hours. The modus operandi was once such that the ambulance proprietor ended up with the absolute best benefit,” said a source.


Cops also are attempting to find the local tout — known as Vicky — who arranged the ambulance deal. “He was once a man of humble approach. However, for the previous yr, he has led a lavish lifestyles,” claimed assets.


At Purba Jadavpur police station, cops took lend a hand of forensic and clinical professionals to hold out an exam of the ambulance to establish whether or not fundamental life-saving apparatus was once present in the car. The AC mechanic who posed because the doctor – Sk Sarfarajuddin – was once taken to the spot where he was once wondered about the adventure to Kolkata.


Police assets said they're also on the lookout for the second ambulance driving force who had convinced the Das circle of relatives to confess the boy to Annapurna Nursing Home.


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