New Delhi: Taking cognisance of a media report that a 22-year-old youth was not provided treatment here, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today issued notices to the Chief Secretary of Delhi Government and the Secretary, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in connection with the matter. “Notices have been issued to the Chief Secretary of Delhi Government and the Secretary, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare calling for a detailed report about the allegations in a media report that a 22-year-old youth, suffering from chest pain and breathlessness was not provided treatment by the doctors at different government hospitals in Delhi. They have been given four weeks to respond,” the Rights group said in a statement. Expressing serious concern over the incident, the Commission has observed,’It is painful to know that a person who was taken to the nearby hospital in time, is not attended by the doctors even in the National Capital. Instead, he is referred to the other hospital everytime.’ “The contents of the news report, carried on the June 17, 2017 are indicative of lack of sensitivity towards saving a human life on the part of the doctors of the government run hospitals, who were not able to provide life saving medical treatment to the patient,” it stated. “They only referred the patient to the other hospital. It is apparent that a precious human life could not be saved, as the patient was not attended by the doctors and he was forced to travel from one hospital to the other, in a deteriorating condition. If the contents of the news report are true, this is a case of sheer negligence by the doctors, amounting to violation of Right to Life and Medical Care of the deceased youth,” the Commission observed. The family members of the victim have alleged that they took the patient to the hospital well in time, even then, the doctors instead of providing treatment, kept on referring him from one hospital to the other. They have alleged that had the treatment been provided by the doctors, in time, the life of the victim could be saved, it stated.
