Doctor asleep, man ‘bleeds to death’ in Meerut hospital | India News
MEERUT: A junior resident (JR) doctor of a prominent government hospital in the city was suspended on Monday for alleged negligence after a 30-year-old accident victim from a nearby village “bled to death when he was left unattended for hours at the emergency ward”.In a purported video of the incident, the doctor on duty at the Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial (LLRM) Medical College could be seen sleeping in front of an AC with one of his legs stretched on a nearby table and the family of the victim, Sunil Kumar, pleading for urgent medical attention.Principal of LLRM, Dr RC Gupta, said, “Taking cognisance of the video, the concerned JR, Dr Bhupesh Kumar Rai, was immediately suspended, and a three-member committee was constituted to probe the family’s allegations. The accident victim was probably admitted to the hospital’s emergency ward around 1 am on Monday. We’ve also taken note of the fact that in the widely circulated video, the patient’s family members were pleading for treatment.“The victim’s family said Kumar suffered leg injury after an unidentified vehicle hit his bike on Sunday night. According to them, they waited for long for the doctor on duty at the hospital to wake up. Realising the patient’s critical condition, they also pleaded with other medical staff for help, but to no avail. Kumar, lying on a stretcher and bleeding profusely, was left to die, the family alleged.In 2023, three doctors of the same hospital were suspended and a case was registered against them for allegedly thrashing a relative of a five-year-old boy, who was crying in pain after a fracture.
