Amid allegation of "medical negligence", a blame game has begun following the tragic death of promising Bengal opening batsman Ankit Keshri who passed away this morning owing to an injury sustained during a cricket match a few days back.
Keshri sustained a head injury in an on-field collision while taking a catch in a Cricket Association of Bengal's Senior one-day knock-out match on April 17 at JU second campus ground in Saltlake.
Keshri, representing East Bengal in the match against Bhowanipore Club, was taken to the AMRI Hospital in the vicinity. Last night, Keshri was shifted to Nightingale Hospital on Shakespeare Sarani after East Bengal senior official Sadanand Mukherjee signed the risk bond at the AMRI Hospital and the former Bengal U-19 captain died early this morning because of cardiac arrest.
A blame game then began as the super specialty hospital in Saltlake said they were not given a chance to treat further, while East Bengal's Sadanand Mukherjee claimed otherwise.
AMRI CEO Rupak Barua said they were not given a chance to treat Keshri for which further investigations were required, even as Mukherjee claimed that they were given assurances by the hospital that Keshri was stable.
"We wanted to conduct more investigations on him like CT angio and other tests but we were not given a chance to treat him because the patient was taken after the club and family authorities signed the risk bond and after which we discharged him," Baruah told PTI.
Baruah said the doctor attending on Keshri told the patient parties that he was aerodynamically stable but did not advice his discharge.
"He was under treatment at the critical care unit... AMRI had conducted CT scan of the brain and 13 dopplers and wanted further investigation," Baruah said.
Mukherjee, however, said: "We went by what doctors told us and for better treatment we took him to Nightingale. It was a decision taken in consultation with the family."
East Bengal coach Pranab Nandi claimed: "There was no indication from the hospital at all. They in fact told us that Keshri would be shifted to general bed and nothing revealed in the scan.
