Police officers mentioned CCTV footage is being examined.
As the household of a person who died of a bullet damage whereas present process remedy in a Patna hospital was grieving, one other shock awaited them – his left eye went lacking hours after his demise. While the household has alleged that the attention was taken out by docs as a part of a “enterprise”, the hospital administration has pinned the blame on rats.
The man, Fantus Kumar, was admitted to Patna’s second-largest hospital, Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH), on Thursday after being shot in his stomach in Nalanda. Kumar was admitted to the ICU however was declared useless at 8:55 pm on Friday. The household was with him within the hospital until 1 am on Saturday and after they returned a couple of hours later, they discovered his left eye lacking.
The man’s brother-in-law claimed that somebody from the hospital had eliminated the attention. “How can they be so negligent? Either somebody from the hospital conspired with the individuals who shot him or the hospital is concerned in some enterprise of taking individuals’s eyes out,” he mentioned.
“If we won’t belief such an enormous facility, who can we belief? Someone took his eye out within the ICU and the hospital is saying it would not know what has occurred. This may be very unlucky,” he added.
Police officers mentioned CCTV footage is being examined.
“The man’s household has alleged that his eye has been taken out. It is evident the physique has been tampered with. The docs have mentioned rats may have bitten off the attention, and we’re investigating,” mentioned an official.
NMCH Medical Superintendent Dr Vinod Kumar Singh mentioned rats may very well be accountable and {that a} thorough investigation is being carried out.
“Fantus Kumar was admitted to the ICU after struggling a firearm damage. He was operated upon and the bullet was eliminated, however he died at 8:55 pm on Friday. His household was with him until 1 am they usually knowledgeable us at 5 am that his left eye was lacking. We are attempting to look into what has occurred. An FIR has been filed,” he mentioned.
“The chance of rats biting off the attention can’t be ignored. We must look ahead to a autopsy. This will not be acceptable, and anybody discovered responsible of negligence will probably be punished,” he added.
Mr Singh additionally argued that eradicating an eye fixed, which may solely be used for a corneal transplant, will not make a lot sense in Kumar’s case as a result of he was useless for a minimum of 4 hours earlier than it went lacking.
“The affected person died at 8.55 pm and the incident occurred after 1.00 am. The eye, even when somebody took it out, will not be of a lot use. An eye can solely be used whether it is surgically eliminated inside 4 to 6 hours of the demise,” he mentioned.