The affected person was being handled at World Hospital in Jhalwa locality of Prayagraj.
Lucknow:
Days after the household of a dengue affected person in Uttar Pradesh alleged that he died as a result of he was intravenously given ‘mosambi’ or candy lime juice as an alternative of blood platelets, triggering widespread outrage, a senior authorities official on Wednesday denied the declare.
Sanjay Khatri, the District Justice of the Peace of Prayagraj, on Wednesday stated they’d discovered that the affected person had been given a packet of “poorly preserved” platelets.
“We had fashioned a three-member group to probe the incident. Their report discovered that the affected person had been given poorly preserved platelets. We’re taking motion based mostly on this info,” Mr Khatri stated.
The family members of the 32-year-old affected person had alleged that they have been provided candy lime juice in a bag marked as ‘plasma’ on the World Hospital and Trauma Centre in Prayagraj (previously Allahabad) through a intermediary.
The affected person’s household alleges his situation deteriorated after transfusion from one of many luggage. He was shifted to a second personal hospital, the place he died, the household stated, including that docs there instructed them the ‘platelet’ bag was faux and really a mixture of chemical substances and candy lime or ‘mosambi’ juice.
The hospital was sealed on the directions of the Chief Medical Officer and has been served a demolition discover for unauthorised development.
The hospital in query has refuted the allegations, saying the platelets have been procured by the family members of the sufferers themselves. The proprietor of the hospital, stated that the affected person’s platelets degree dropped to 17,000, following which his family members have been requested to rearrange blood platelets.
“They introduced 5 items of platelets from a authorities hospital. After transfusion of three items, the affected person had a response. So we stopped it,” the hospital proprietor stated in a press release, including that he additionally helps an investigation.