Inquiry ordered into treatment of Jeyaraj, Beniks at govt hosps

Inquiry ordered into treatment of Jeyaraj, Beniks at govt hosps

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:  09.07.2020

The directorate of medical services has ordered inquiry into treatment offered to P Jeyaraj and his son P Beniks by government doctors in Sathankulam and Kovilpatti. The inquiry will be conducted by a joint director of medical services to verify sequence of events and see if any medical negligence has taken place or not.

DMS Dr Gurunathan said he has received reports from doctors at two government hospitals – Santhankulam Government Hospital and Kovilpatti Government General Hospital -- though the Tuticorin joint director of health Dr P Pon Esakki. “An inquiry will now be held in a week and we are expecting the report soon,” Gurunathan said.

Senior officials said during the inquiry doctors will be asked why they made certain decisions, the diagnosis and treatment protocols. “We will see if they had made the right diagnosis, done the necessary tests, called the specialists concerned and administered standard treatment,” a senior health department official said.

As per the report forwarded by Pon Esakki, Jeyaraj and Beniks were arrested by Sathankulam police on June 19. The next day, they were taken to the Sathankulam Government Hospital for treatment of injuries caused when the two of them “fell down and rolled” on the ground. The duty medical officer Dr Vennila, who examined the injuries in foot (sole side), index finger and aberration on the buttocks of 31-year-old Beniks, and injuries in the gluetial region of 58-year-old Jeyaraj. She treated them both for high blood pressure and filled up the ‘performa for health screening of prisoners on admission to jail’, along with a footnote: “file for remand”.

The two were remanded and taken to Kovilpatti subjail on June 20. A doctor from the Kovilpatti GH who visited Beniks and Jeyaraj in the jail suggested they be brought to Kovilpatti for treatment. On June 22, Beniks was taken to the Kovilpatti GH at 8pm with difficulty in breathing, palpitation and sweating.