Relatives attack nursing students as patient dies
CHENNAI, JULY 19, 2019 00:00 IST
Fault them for administering an injection to the patient
Five nursing students were reportedly assaulted by relatives of a patient who died after suffering a cardiac arrest at the Government Kasturba Gandhi Hospital (KGH) for Women and Children on Wednesday.
The students were pursuing diploma course in general nursing at the School of Nursing, KGH, an associated institution of the Government Medical College, Omandurar Estate. They were attending to an elderly woman admitted with complaints of fever. On Wednesday, the patient reportedly vomited blood and collapsed. The students rushed her to the casualty ward. However, she suffered a cardiac arrest and died.
“Following this, the patient’s relatives manhandled them. They had to be stopped by the hospital staff and security,” K. Boominathan, State president of the Government Trained and Trainee Nurses Association, said. However, they did not sustain injuries. The relatives alleged that the students had administered an injection to the patient. He said there were no duty doctors at the ward at that time, and it was the students, who rushed the patient to the casualty ward in a stretcher.
Police complaint
“The director of KGH and dean of the medical college have not lodged a complaint with the police. All hostel students have been granted three days leave, and told not to leave the hostel,” he claimed. The association demanded that a formal complaint be lodged with the police.
CHENNAI, JULY 19, 2019 00:00 IST
Fault them for administering an injection to the patient
Five nursing students were reportedly assaulted by relatives of a patient who died after suffering a cardiac arrest at the Government Kasturba Gandhi Hospital (KGH) for Women and Children on Wednesday.
The students were pursuing diploma course in general nursing at the School of Nursing, KGH, an associated institution of the Government Medical College, Omandurar Estate. They were attending to an elderly woman admitted with complaints of fever. On Wednesday, the patient reportedly vomited blood and collapsed. The students rushed her to the casualty ward. However, she suffered a cardiac arrest and died.
“Following this, the patient’s relatives manhandled them. They had to be stopped by the hospital staff and security,” K. Boominathan, State president of the Government Trained and Trainee Nurses Association, said. However, they did not sustain injuries. The relatives alleged that the students had administered an injection to the patient. He said there were no duty doctors at the ward at that time, and it was the students, who rushed the patient to the casualty ward in a stretcher.
Police complaint
“The director of KGH and dean of the medical college have not lodged a complaint with the police. All hostel students have been granted three days leave, and told not to leave the hostel,” he claimed. The association demanded that a formal complaint be lodged with the police.
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