BJP MLA alleges hospital negligence after COVID positive son dies, says UP police not filing FIR
Alleging foul play in his son’s loss of life, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi district stated he had been struggling for over a month to lodge a grievance towards a non-public hospital’s negligence, however the police is not filing an FIR.
Rajkumar Aggarwal, BJP MLA from Sandila within the Hardoi district, instructed ANI that his son Ashish (35) died on April 26 at a hospital in Kakori the place he was admitted after testing positive for COVID-19.
“On April 26 morning, the oxygen level of the son was 94. He was eating and was having regular conversations with us. Suddenly in the evening, doctors told him that his oxygen level was decreasing. We arranged an oxygen cylinder from outside, but the doctors did not allow this oxygen to reach the patient, and he died,” the BJP MLA stated.
Aggarwal alleged that his son died attributable to negligence of the hospital administration and medical doctors and added that he’s making an attempt to file an FIR to get justice for his son.
“That day seven people died in that hospital. I had complained about this to the chief minister, District Magistrate, Police commissioner, and Director-General of Police, and still, my complaint was not registered. My demand is that police should analyse the CCTV footage of the hospital and see who is responsible for the death of my son. I want the responsible doctors should be punished,” he additional stated.
Uttar Pradesh is without doubt one of the worst affected states by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 loss of life toll in Uttar Pradesh crossed 20,000 on Friday with 159 extra individuals succumbing to the illness. A complete of two,402 new instances of Corona an infection have been additionally reported within the state. There have been 52,244 Active COVID instances in Uttar Pradesh until Friday.
(With ANI inputs)
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