Kashmir News Bureau Exclusive
March 27 Srinagar, (KNB): The investigation carried by Kashmir News Bureau reveals how JVC MS and SKIMS doctors negligence proved to be the cause of the first Covid19 death in Kashmir.
The deceased 65-year-old Covid patient visited JVC at 8:35 am on 21st March, and according to the patient registration card issued by JVC, he discloses travel history to Delhi for ten days.
A junior resident doctor checks him initially, he then calls his senior resident doctor and finally, consultant checks up him, the patient report card of JVC reveals.
“Case discussed with consultant chest disease. High suspicion of Covid-19. Needs immediate testing in view of worsening saturation. Refer to SKIMS for further treatment (sic),” writes consultant on the patient report card.
The doctors at JVC added that he was asked to take ambulance for SKIMS but the attendant who is also a doctor preferred to go by their personal vehicle.
They let him go by personal car and did not track him. The SOP for such patients is it coordinator cum liaisoning officer nominated by the hospital should have been informed immediately who would have alerted administration and police, a top health official told KNB. “This was a major breach on part of MS JVC. The official should not have let the patient go in any case. The official should be taken to task,” he said.
On the same day ( 21st March) at around 11: 59 AM, he reaches SKIMS Soura and visits COVID Clinic (Emergency) with Suspected Covid written on the initial diagnosis column of the patient report card.
As per the patient report card, here he reveals whole travel history from Andaman Nicobar to Srinagar.
He has also revealed that he was screened at Srinagar airport. This put a big question on the screening facilities set up by Government at the Srinagar airport for Covid suspected patients.
“No contact with any Covid positive patient. Other co-workers who were travelling with him were having fever and cough; now relieved and doing fine. They were from UP (sic),” reveals the SKIMS report card of the patient.
The report card also reveals that the patient was advised home quarantine, maintaining hygiene, avoid social gatherings.
“They want to talk to consultant Dr Ajaz Koul for further management and advice,” report card reads.
Reportedly, the consultant has seconded the advice of his junior doctor and allowed the patient to go home.
On the same day, he again visited JVC after feeling stiffness in the chest.
The doctors there asked him to get admitted in the hospital, but again the patient manages to leave hospital.
Reportedly, the MS here has communicated with chest medicine consultant and asked him to admit the patient.
As a protocol, the MS should have communicated to the liaison officer and sought the help of the administration.
Next morning, the patient along with doctor attendant visited CD hospital Dalgate and doctors there admitted him in hospital.(KNB) IN