WARANGAL: The death of an accident victim kicked up a row between the MGM Hospital superintendent and the members of an SC and ST organisation here on Monday. According to Mattewada police, Superintendent Dr V Chandrasekhar lodged a complaint against the SC and ST organisation leaders Gugulothu Tirupati, Ajmeera Venkat, and Vijay for obstruction of duty while the latter filed a complaint under SC and STs (Atrocities Prevention) Act that the superintendent had abused them by taking the name of their caste.
According to MGM Hospital Superintendent Dr V Chandraskehar, one Kasu Ramulu, 46, met with a road accident at Karunapuram on May 12 night. The victim who the doctors had said was under the influence of alcohol suffered injuries and was admitted to MGM hospital for treatment.
The doctors found that Ramulu had suffered fractures in both of his legs and was unable to move. He was shifted to the orthopaedic ward for treatment.
At 1 pm on May 13, the patient suddenly developed convulsions and became unconscious. He was immediately rushed to the general medicine ward. The duty doctors performed CPR, but they could not revive his heartbeat. The patient was declared dead at 1:40 pm. Later the patient was shifted to the mortuary at 2:30 pm after informing Mattewada police. The hospital authorities also informed the patient’s son and relatives. They said the cause of the death was probably embolism or subdural hematoma.
A little later, about 30 to 50 people came to the hospital claiming to represent the SC and ST organisation and created trouble. They raised slogans and began using abusive language at the doctors and nurses in the casualty.
Chandrasekhar said that they had immediately called the Mattewada police and handed them over the case sheet, attendance register, and the vials of Diclofenac and Pantoprazole injections as demanded by the protestors. He said that the SC &ST Organization members obstructed the duties of the doctors and tried to attack them in the Hospital. While this so, SC ST Organization Member Gugulothu Tirupati alleged that the Superintendent had abused them “taking the name of our caste and trying to threaten us.”
He alleged that due to the negligence of doctors, Kasu Ramulu died in the hospital. Mattewada Inspector N Venkateshwarlu said he had registered a case under the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, against the Superintendent. The police also registered a case under Section 353 IPC (prevention of a discharge of duties) against ST Organization Members Gugulothu Tirupati, Ajmera Venkat and Vijay.