HC orders inquiry into medical negligence at State-run COVID-19 facility in Odisha
The Hindu
Petitioner had submitted affidavits from victims’ kin after govt. probe cleared VIMSAR
The Orissa High Court has ordered an inquiry into alleged medical negligence in the treatment of victims during COVID-19 pandemic in the Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) at Burla, a premier State-run medical institute in western Odisha. The Orissa HC had received a complaint through e-mail from a person identified as Gyanadutta Chouhan about lack of proper medical facilities at VIMSAR and insensitivity shown by doctors and paramedics to COVID-19 victims. On direction of the court, the Sambalpur district collector had constituted a three-member committee to investigate the veracity of the allegations. The committee in its report said there was no shortage of medicine and no instances of lack of treatment.
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