Tumakuru: An FIR has been registered against a doctor of a private hospital under Chikkanayakanahalli police station area. tumakuru District for alleged medical negligence on Wednesday evening. This refers to the treatment of 47-year-old seer Yathishvara Shivacharya Swami of Kuppuru Gadduge Sansthan Math, who succumbed to Covid-19 on September 25.
Taluk Health Officer latest Complaint filed against Dr HL Vijay Raghavendra On Wednesday evening, Dr. of Sri Saiganga Hospital in Chikkanayakanahalli.
District Health Officer Dr. MB Nagendrappa Told TOI that the seer consulted Dr Raghavendra Another blood test was done on 21 September but no x-rays were taken.
“The patient should have been referred to a specialist or the protocol to be followed. The hospital is not authorized to treat COVID-19 patients. No covid test was done. The government medical officer was not alerted about the matter,” he said.
was given notice Dr. Raghavendra The complaint was filed on September 28 and on September 29.
Raghavendra said he was being held responsible, though the seer had consulted other doctors for his health problems. He claimed that a doctor was treating the seer at the Primary Health Centre, Kuppuru.
“I was a devotee of Yatheeswara Shivacharya Swami. He sent a WhatsApp message asking me to bring some medicines which I had not prescribed. I went to the monastery on September 21 with medicines. He asked me to have a Diclofenac injection, which was supplied to him by the government.
He said that after visiting the monastery, he heard that the seer was suffering from cough, cold and fever since 16 September. He said that he asked the seer to go to Tumakuru or Bengaluru for treatment. But according to Dr Raghavendra the seer said that he had too many rituals and was very busy till Sunday.
“On September 23, the seer called me and said that he was coming to my hospital. The seer Kuppuru came with the PHC doctor. I gave medicines on the advice of PHC doctor. His saturation level was normal, but he had fever and cough. An X-ray was done which showed that more than 50% of his lungs were affected by pneumonia,” said Dr Raghavendra.
Taluk Health Officer latest Complaint filed against Dr HL Vijay Raghavendra On Wednesday evening, Dr. of Sri Saiganga Hospital in Chikkanayakanahalli.
District Health Officer Dr. MB Nagendrappa Told TOI that the seer consulted Dr Raghavendra Another blood test was done on 21 September but no x-rays were taken.
“The patient should have been referred to a specialist or the protocol to be followed. The hospital is not authorized to treat COVID-19 patients. No covid test was done. The government medical officer was not alerted about the matter,” he said.
was given notice Dr. Raghavendra The complaint was filed on September 28 and on September 29.
Raghavendra said he was being held responsible, though the seer had consulted other doctors for his health problems. He claimed that a doctor was treating the seer at the Primary Health Centre, Kuppuru.
“I was a devotee of Yatheeswara Shivacharya Swami. He sent a WhatsApp message asking me to bring some medicines which I had not prescribed. I went to the monastery on September 21 with medicines. He asked me to have a Diclofenac injection, which was supplied to him by the government.
He said that after visiting the monastery, he heard that the seer was suffering from cough, cold and fever since 16 September. He said that he asked the seer to go to Tumakuru or Bengaluru for treatment. But according to Dr Raghavendra the seer said that he had too many rituals and was very busy till Sunday.
“On September 23, the seer called me and said that he was coming to my hospital. The seer Kuppuru came with the PHC doctor. I gave medicines on the advice of PHC doctor. His saturation level was normal, but he had fever and cough. An X-ray was done which showed that more than 50% of his lungs were affected by pneumonia,” said Dr Raghavendra.
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