Sep 7, 2013
News from DNA
A 41-year-old Malwani resident died of suspected dengue early Friday, at a private hospital, after apparently being neglected at two civic hospitals within a week.
Devendra Singh showed classical symptoms of dengue, according to a doctor at Ridhi Vinayak Hospital in Malad, where he passed away. “His platelet count dipped to 18,000. His blood pressure was not recordable and there was no urine output as a result of acute kidney failure,” said Dr Vinay Goel, intensivist.
The man was brought to Ridhi Vinayak the previous day, on the direction of medical attendants at Aditi Hospital, a private establishment which said it was not equipped to treat him.
Devendra hails from Rathodi village, Malad, from where at least four other persons have been hospitalised with symptoms of dengue.
The NS1 test conducted at Aditi Hospital was borderline positive for dengue. “We have informed the BMC about this. Had enough attention been paid to him, his death could have been averted,” Goel said.
Devendra developed high fever on August 31, his Dharmendra said. He had body rash and his blood pressure was dangerously low. When family physician Dr Sangita Kale found that his platelet count had dipped to 71,000 she referred him to Bhagwati hospital, Borivli, or the newly-opened Shatabdi Municipal hvospital, Kandivli. The normal blood count ranges between 1.5 lakh and 2 lakh.
“At Bhagwati, Devendra was administered glucose and some paracetamol tablets and called the next day as there were no beds vacant,” Dharmendra said. The next day the family chose to go to Shatabdi as it is a new hospital.
“The doctor refused to come to the ward and insisted that my brother be taken up to his room. Then they discharged him.”
Devendra Singh showed classical symptoms of dengue, according to a doctor at Ridhi Vinayak Hospital in Malad, where he passed away. “His platelet count dipped to 18,000. His blood pressure was not recordable and there was no urine output as a result of acute kidney failure,” said Dr Vinay Goel, intensivist.
The man was brought to Ridhi Vinayak the previous day, on the direction of medical attendants at Aditi Hospital, a private establishment which said it was not equipped to treat him.
Devendra hails from Rathodi village, Malad, from where at least four other persons have been hospitalised with symptoms of dengue.
The NS1 test conducted at Aditi Hospital was borderline positive for dengue. “We have informed the BMC about this. Had enough attention been paid to him, his death could have been averted,” Goel said.
Devendra developed high fever on August 31, his Dharmendra said. He had body rash and his blood pressure was dangerously low. When family physician Dr Sangita Kale found that his platelet count had dipped to 71,000 she referred him to Bhagwati hospital, Borivli, or the newly-opened Shatabdi Municipal hvospital, Kandivli. The normal blood count ranges between 1.5 lakh and 2 lakh.
“At Bhagwati, Devendra was administered glucose and some paracetamol tablets and called the next day as there were no beds vacant,” Dharmendra said. The next day the family chose to go to Shatabdi as it is a new hospital.
“The doctor refused to come to the ward and insisted that my brother be taken up to his room. Then they discharged him.”
