Hospital staff will be dismissed if found guilty: Minister says on Tumakuru mother, twins’ death
Bengaluru: Dr K Sudhakar, Minister for Health and Family Welfare, has said that four staff members of the Tumakuru district hospital, accused of causing the death of a mother and her newborns by denying medical attention, will be dismissed if the charges are proven true.
“Strict legal action will also be taken against them,” the minister said in his post on social media on Friday.
The commissioner of the Department of Health and Family Welfare issued an order suspending a doctor and three nurses of the Tumakuru district hospital on Thursday, as a woman and her newborn children in the city died after being denied timely medical attention at the hospital, said sources.
In his post, Dr Sudhakar has said that, at the outset, it seems an act of dereliction of duty by the doctor and the three nurses of the Obstetrics Ward in the hospital, and the four staff members have been suspended by the Department.
“The government and the Health Department have considered this matter very seriously. A high-level committee has been formed, led by the Commissioner of the Department, for further investigation of the incident. The committee members have also been told to submit a report within two weeks,” the minister said.
Reminding that it is the foremost duty of medical staff, including doctors and nurses, to provide medical attention and treatment to a patient, the minister has said, “The government has already ordered medical professionals not to demand a patient to produce any sort of record. The order is being re-issued.”
“All health officials have been strictly instructed to ensure such an incident does not recur,” the minister added.
ತುಮಕೂರು ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಗೆ ಇಂದು ತುರ್ತು ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿ, ತುಂಬು ಗರ್ಭಿಣಿ ಮಹಿಳೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಆಕೆಯ ನವಜಾತ ಶಿಶುಗಳ ಮರಣ ಪ್ರಕರಣದ ಕುರಿತು ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಪಡೆಯಲಾಯಿತು.
— Dr Sudhakar K (@mla_sudhakar) November 3, 2022
ದುರ್ದೈವವಶಾತ್ ನಡೆದಿರುವ ಈ ಘಟನೆ ನನಗೆ ಅತೀವ ನೋವು ತಂದಿದ್ದು ನನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ದಿಗ್ಭ್ರಮೆ ಮೂಡಿಸಿದೆ.
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
