"A patient admitted in Medical Unit-I of the Government Medical College Hospital here was whisked away by some unknown person and abandoned near the lift after snatching his medical record file", Incharge Principal, Government Medical College Jammu Dr Aniece Chowdhary said here today.
Chowdhary said that a probe conducted into the episode after some media channels and newspapers reported the matter revealed that the patient had been removed with "malicious intention" to create panic and to malign the hospital.
The 'abandonment' of the patient "was sensationalised as maltreatment meted out to him at the hospital", he maintained.
He said soon after the incident was reported, a committee comprising Dy Medical Superintendent, Officer Incharge Casualty and office Incharge Control Room and Sanitation was constituted to look into the matter.
As per the report submitted by the committee, the patient along with his treatment record was taken away by one person on trolley to the lift area in the corridor. The committee observed that the suspicious person might have some vested interest to defame Medical College Hospital Jammu.
The Principal informed that the said patient was under treatment in MU-I since 27 August 2012 and has now been re-admitted in MU-III as the previous treatment record was not found with him, for which FIR has been lodged in Police Post Medical College Hospital Jammu.
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"This act of some anti social element, trying to depict and allege therein that the said patient was thrown by Medical College administration in the corridors of the hospital is not only uncalled for but also intolerable.
"This is against norms and medical ethics," Choudhry said.
Meanwhile, a show cause notices has also been served upon both the Medical Social Workers for dereliction of duty.
Since the identity of the patient was not known, he was being looked after by the Medical Social Workers.