Platelet case: CMO cancels Prayagraj hospital registration permanently – ET HealthWorld

Prayagraj: CMO, Prayagraj, Dr Nanak Saran on Saturday permanently cancelled the registration of Global Hospital after a high-level inquiry indicted the hospital in the death of a 30-year-old dengue patient after transfusion of “poorly preserved platelets” recently.

The three-member probe committee set up by the Prayagraj district administration has also found negligence in the treatment of the patient at Global Hospital in Prayagraj following which he later died at another hospital.

Dr Sharan, through a press communique on Saturday, said that following the complaint against Global Hospital and Trauma Centre located at Pipal Gaon area of Prayagraj, an enquiry committee was constituted by the administration. The panel had earlier found that there had been gross negligence in the treatment of the patient because of which the registration of the hospital was suspended and the hospital was sealed. “Following the physical inspection and the documents provided by the hospital administration and recommendations of the panel, we have decided to permanently cancel the registration of the hospital,” said the CMO.

The patient, Pradeep Pandey, a contractor and resident of Bamrauli in Prayagraj, was admitted to Global Hospital on October 14.

Gross negligence in treatment of patient: CMO

In a press statement, CMO Dr Nanak Sharan said on Saturday that following the complaint against Global Hospital and Trauma Centre located at Pipal Gaon area of Prayagraj, an inquiry committee was constituted by the administration. The panel found that there had been gross negligence in the treatment of the patient because of which the registration of the hospital was suspended and the hospital was sealed.

“Following the physical inspection and the documents provided by the hospital administration and recommendations of the panel, we have decided to permanently cancel the registration of the hospital,” said the CMO.

The patient, Pradeep Pandey, a contractor and resident of Bamrauli in Prayagraj, was admitted to Global Hospital on October 14. He was transfused with platelets, following which his condition had deteriorated. He was shifted to another private hospital on October 17 where he died on October 19 morning.

After this, the Prayagraj DM had ordered additional city magistrate (ACM) Saurabh Bhatt, additional CMO Dr Sunil Kumar and CO (Civil Lines) NN Singh to undertake a detailed probe into the matter. At the same time, a unit of platelets was also sent to the SRN Hospital lab for examination as part of the probe. This unit was part of the five units procured for Pradeep but not transfused to him.

A first information report (FIR) was registered against doctors and staff of Global Hospital, besides one Satish Sahu and his father, at the Dhoomanganj police station on October 21 based on the complaint of Pradeep Pandey’s wife Vaishnavi.

The FIR was registered under Indian Penal Code sections 419 (cheating by personation), 420 (cheating), 467 (forging document), 468 (forgery, intending that the forged document or electronic record shall be used for the purpose of cheating ), 471 (fraudulently or dishonestly using as genuine any document or electronic record knowing it to be forged), 274 (adulterating drug or any medical preparation), 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 120-B (being party to a criminal conspiracy).