Anantnag: Protests broke out inside the Government Medical College (GMC) Anantnag after the relatives of a 90-year-old woman blamed her death on alleged negligence by the hospital staff.
The woman, as per family members, was removed from the oxygen support and moved down to the casualty ward where she breathed her last. Seeing this, the attendants with the woman started blaming hospital authorities for the death.
Then, a scuffle broke out between private security guards and the deceased’s attendants, and soon the doctors from the hospital joined the confrontation, the eyewitnesses said.
As the situation started to become more violent, police intervened, calming down the situation.
Expressing concern over the death, Principal GMC Anantnag, Dr. Rukhsana Najeeb said an inquiry committee will be formed to establish facts.
“Strict action will be taken against those found guilty,” she asserted.
The Principal said that the woman identified as Hajira, wife of Abdul Satar Bhat, of Larkipora Anantnag, aged around 90 was a chronic heart patient and that only 30 percent of her heart was working. “She was admitted three days ago,” the principal said.
“We cannot prevent inevitable deaths,” she said.
