Srinagar, Jan 28: The 4-member team probing the death of a patient, allegedly due to the negligence of the staff members of the Lal Ded hospital here, on Thursday sought the details about doctors and paramedics who were on duty at the time of the incident.
“We have asked for the list of all doctors and paramedics who were either present or supposed to be present in the hospital on Wednesday. We are expecting the details tomorrow,” the team convener Additional District Development Commissioner, Sarmad Hafeez, told Greater Kashmir.
He said the team would visit the hospital on Friday and start questioning the medicos, paramedics and others. “All of them will have to depose before the team,” he added.
A patient of Sumbal Sonawari had died in the Lal Ded hospital, on Wednesday. Her family members had blamed the doctors and the paramedical staff for the death. The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Muhammad Akbar Lone, who is also the local MLA had called the Deputy Commissioner Srinagar and Principal Government Medical College Srinagar on the spot and directed them to constitute an inquiry committee to probe the cause of her death. Following which the DC formed the 4-memember committee and asked it to submit the report within 10-days.

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