'The hospital is solely responsible for my father's death'

In the aftermath of the chaos caused by the power failure and the fire at Apex Hospitals generator that led to several patients being shifted on Monday a 54yearold COVID19 patient died at Fortis Hospital early on Tuesday His son Suraj Singh has blamed Apex Hospital for the death saying that his father had been recovering wellThe deceased Virendra Singh 54 a resident of Haryana had come to meet Suraj and got infected by COVID19 He was admitted to Apex Hospital on October 5 After the hospitals generator caught fire on Monday Singh was shifted to Fortis Hospital but was untraceable for several hoursHis son Suraj Singh told midday I visited Apex Hospital at 4 pm on Monday to check on my father and doctors told me that he was doing well Around 530 pm the fire in the generator led to all patients being shifted to another hospital I got this information only at 8 pm and rushed to Apex Hospital The hospital told me that the list of all patients will be prepared only at 11 pm When the list finally came it did not have my fathers name I also checked Fortis Hospital but my father was not there eitherVirendra Singh right the generator of Apex Hospital in Mulund that caught fireHospital got name wrongThe Apex Hospitals list got my fathers name wrong it was recorded as Yashwardhan Singh At 430 am I got a call from Fortis Hospital saying he has been admitted there and is on ventilator support since he did not get oxygen and there was a delay in treatment In the next 30 minutes my fathers organs failed and he died sometime later Suraj saidMy fathers death certificate says that his pulse rate was low My fathers health had improved but amid the fire and the shifting he did not get oxygen Apex Hospital is responsible for my fathers death Suraj saidSuraj also said that Dr Hardik Thakkar had been monitoring Singh at Apex Hospital daily and giving updates Due to COVID his lungs had been infected The doctor had prescribed Remdesivir injection for him His sugar blood pressure and other reports were normal Suraj saidWhile Apex Hospital refused to comment on the incident Fortis Hospital was unavailable for commentBJP leader Kirit Somaiya who visited Apex Hospital on Tuesday said Theres chaos at the hospital 39 patients were shifted to eight different hospitals Of these 12 critical patients were admitted to Fortis Hospital Of them two died and two are serious and eight are criticalOther hospitals where patients have been sent are too costly they cant afford the bills The BMC should take their responsibility Somaiya addedThe 70yearold patient who died on his way to Fortis Hospital on Monday has been identified as Pandurang Kulkarni8pmTime Suraj Singh got to know of the fire in the generator and his fathers shiftingSame name brings mourners to recovered manThe recovered Pandurang Kulkarni right with BJP leader Kirit SomaiyaAnother COVID19 patient Pandurang Kulkarni was admitted to the Apex Hospital sometime back After the death of the 70yearold Pandurang Kulkarni at Apex Hospital on Monday relatives and friends rushed to the recovered Kulkarnis place thinking he is the one who died Kulkarni told midday I received many calls and messages after the news of my death I recovered 50 days ago and am aliveKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and a complete guide from food to things to do and events across Mumbai Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news