Patient dies in ambulance, kin thrash driver for not carrying oxygen cylinder
BENGALURU:
In another instance of a Covid patient’s kin taking out their anger on health workers, an ambulance driver was beaten up outside MS Ramaiah Hospital for not having an oxygen kit inside the ambulance.
As per sources, Ansar, 75, a resident of Thimmaiah Layout in Bharathi Nagar, had difficulty breathing, following which his family members called a private ambulance on Thursday. Yogeshwar, the ambulance driver, took the patient to MS Ramaiah Hospital but Ansar died en route. This was when the family members took out their ire on him for not having an oxygen cylinder in the vehicle.
The driver later lodged a complaint at the Sadashivanagar police station. The hospital has sent Ansar’s swab samples for Covid testing.
Sudhakar condemns attack
Condemning the assault, Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar tweeted: “Corona warrior ambulance driver assaulted At MS Ramaiah Hospital, Bengaluru. To save life, 108 ambulance driver brought the patient to the hospital but it is not appropriate to attack the driver. It is indeed sad to hear that a 75-year-old man died in the ambulance. The government is trying to reduce the death toll. Had the hospital staff admitted him sooner, he wouldn’t have died.”
ಕೊರೊನಾ ವಾರಿಯರ್ ಆ್ಯಂಬುಲೆನ್ಸ್ ಚಾಲಕನ ಮೇಲೆ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಎಂಎಸ್ ರಾಮಯ್ಯ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಯ ಆವರಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಲ್ಲೆ ಮಾಡಿರೋದು ಅಮಾನವೀಯ ವರ್ತನೆ. ಪ್ರಾಣವನ್ನು ಲೆಕ್ಕಿಸದೇ 108 ಚಾಲಕ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಗೆ ದಾಖಲಿಸಲು ರೋಗಿಯನ್ನು ಕರೆ ತಂದರೆ ಈ ರೀತಿ ಹಲ್ಲೆ ಹಲ್ಲೆ ಮಾಡಿರೋದು ಸರಿಯಲ್ಲ. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/jK5HqiQL0C
— Dr Sudhakar K (@mla_sudhakar) July 30, 2020
ಎಂಎಸ್ ರಾಮಯ್ಯ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ರೋಗಿಯನ್ನು ಕಾಯಿಸಿದ್ದಕ್ಕೆ 75 ವರ್ಷದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಆ್ಯಂಬುಲೆನ್ಸ್ ನಲ್ಲೇ ಮೃತಪಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎಂಬ ಸುದ್ದಿ ನಿಜಕ್ಕೂ ನೋವಿನ ಸಂಗತಿ. ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಸಾವಿನ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ಇಳಿಸಲು ಶತಪ್ರಯತ್ನ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಆದ್ರೆ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಯ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ಅವರನ್ನು ಬೇಗ ಅಡ್ಮಿಂಟ್ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದರೆ ಪ್ರಾಣ ಉಳಿಯುತ್ತಿತ್ತು.
— Dr Sudhakar K (@mla_sudhakar) July 30, 2020
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