Haryana Human Rights Commission seeks inquiry report on ‘negligence’ by Gannaur docs
Body of Covid suspect was given to kin 5 days after death
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Mukesh Tandon
Tribune News Service
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Panipat, June 29
Asks Three Questions
- Why samples weren’t sent to lab for testing on the spot
- Who were the doctors/officials responsible for not sending the samples immediately to the lab
What action has been taken up by the Health Department against the doctors/officers as well as the Civil Surgeon, Sonepat
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The Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a news report “Haryana Hospital takes 5 days to hand over body” published in The Tribune on June 9, directing the Director General (Health Services) to probe the matter andsought a report in six weeks.
HHRC Chairman Justice SK Mittal, and members Justice KC Puri and Deep Bhatia, considered the matter to be a violation of human rights.
The HHRC, in its order, said there was a “gross negligence” on the part of doctors of the CHC, Gannaur, for refusing to attend to Kiran Bala (33) as she was a suspected Covid patient.
She died on June 5 and a team of the CHC shifted her body to the mortuary of the General Hospital. Her family had to run from pillar to post for five days to get the body. The family received the body on June 9.
A show-cause notice had already been served on the Civil Surgeon, the HHRC order stated.
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