Hospital declares normal patient HIV-positive

June 26, 2012

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Indore, June 26: In a case of medical negligence a patient who turned up for treatment at a private hospital was declared HIV positive and hospitalized for nearly a week.

The patient's family members decided to go for a retest after he faced social stigma and developed suicidal tendency only to learn that he was normal.

The hospital later retracted their report and apologized to the patient after his fresh test turned out to be negative.

A complaint was registered with the health department on Monday to investigate the matter and take action against the hospital authorities.

Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO), Dr Sharad Pandit told TOI, "We have received a copy of complaint. This appears to be a case of medical negligence. Hospital authorities should have confirmed the case before administering medication on the patient. We will investigate the matter and take action."

It happened about eight months back in October 2011, when Dilip Sharma (38), a resident of Bada Ganpati area, was admitted in Bombay Hospital following complaints of fever and stomach-ache.

Doctors suggested for detailed investigations including and HIV test. The report was positive.

Narrating his plight, Sharma told TOI, "In was shocked to see the positive HIV report and could not face family members and friends. I was subjected to medication for nearly three months. I have the receipts. The treatment at the hospital cost me more than Rs 1 lakh along with mental and physical agony. The health department should take necessary action so that such incidents are not repeated."

Sharma who has now undergone an intestinal surgery in another private hospital and is recovering, elaborating about his pain said, "Doctors on the basis of one report conducted HIV test of my wife and two daughters. But, the report turned out negative. I was feeling completely shattered and as the days passed and tension gripped me and I even decided to commit suicide," said Sharma.

"However, my wife and family stood by me and kept my morale high. My wife later advised for a retest and after three months of mental agony I visited the state-run Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital from where the blood sample was sent Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), National AIDS Research Institute, Pune for investigations". 10 days later, the report came as a sigh of relief for Sharma and his family members as reports were normal.

"I took the reports and showed it to the authorities of Bombay Hospital. They again conducted an HIV test and found the reports to be normal. They apologised and gave me a certificate accepting their negligence." If I would have not gone for retest test, I would have been taken for ride by the hospital, he added.

The matter has been put up before the Consumer Forum, which has issued notice to the Hospital.

Rahul Parashar, General Manager, Bombay Hospital, Indore talking to TOI denied putting the patient on HIV medication. He said the hospital will file a reply to the health department and consumer forum.



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June 6,2020

Kota (Rajasthan), Jun 6: A 14-year-old boy allegedly hanged himself to death on early Saturday morning shortly after he stopped playing PUBG throughout the night and went to sleep, said police. 

Railway Colony police station’s in-charge Hansraj Meena said the boy, a class 9 student and son of an Army man, was found hanging from the grill of the ventilator in his bedroom on early Saturday morning. 

Meena said according to the boy’s family members, the boy had downloaded the gaming programme on his mother’s mobile phone only three days back but had been playing the game virtually continuously for the last three days. 

He kept on playing the game till 3 am in a room in which his brother was studying, said Meena, adding the boy went to adjoining to sleep after that. His body was found hanging from the ventilator’s grill in the morning, he said, adding the boy was rushed to MBS Hospital, where he was declared “brought dead”. 

No suicide note was recovered in the case, the SHO said. The boy lived in Gandhi Colony in the city along with his mother and brother, while his father, a Tamil Nadu native and Army man, is currently posted in Arunachal Pradesh. The boy’s body has been kept in hospital’s morgue for the postmortem, the SHO said.

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Agencies
July 7,2020

Meerut: The licence of a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut has been suspended after a video showing its staff member providing fake Covid-19 report had gone viral.

"A video had gone viral in Meerut. We have registered a case in this regard. We have suspended the licence of the nursing home. Today, we have sealed it also. Strict action will be taken against anybody who will do something like this in this time of crisis,” said Anil Dhingra, District Magistrate, Meerut.

In the video, the person can be heard saying that they provide Covid-19 negative report for Rs 2,500, Dhingra stated.

Meerut CMO Rajkumar said, “In the video, a man from the hospital can be heard saying that he can arrange COVID-19 negative report and the person can get operation or other things done. We have identified the man. We have suspended the licence of the hospital and an FIR has been registered.”

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May 25,2020

Hyderabad, May 25: Indicating foul play in the death of nine people, including six of a family, whose bodies were fished out from a well near Warangal, a forensic expert on Sunday virtually ruled out suicide theory, saying it appeared seven of them had been dragged and thrown into the water body.

Mystery shrouded the death of nine people, including six of a family, whose bodies were found in a well, five of them on Friday and four on Thursday, on the outskirts of Warangal in Telangana.

Police stepped up the probe and forensic analysis was also underway in the case.

The forensic expert, who visited the crime scene as part of the investigation citing preliminary tests, said that the seven of nine people had scratch injuries and appeared to have been "dragged" and "thrown" into the well.

Forensic reports are expected in 10 days, the forensic expert told media on Sunday adding after examining the crime scene it appears that the deaths were not suicides.

"We have preserved all organs and the same were sent to forensic science laboratory (FSL) for examination... some two or three persons might have been involved in the crime. There are scratch injuries on the bodies," he said.

"It appears that they were thrown into the water... There were no injuries on the child's body. We are awaiting the forensic report (to ascertain) whether they were poisoned. It didn't appear as if they committed suicide," the expert, who performed the post-mortem said.

Police sources said at least two people were picked up for questioning.

Bodies of the head of the family, wife, daughter and three-year old grandson were found floating and fished out on Thursday.

On Friday morning, some bodies were seen floating following which police pumped out the water from the well and found others.

The 48-year old man had migrated from West Bengal over 20 years ago and had settled down here. His family had been staying in two rooms on the premises of the unit, police had earlier said.

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