Medical officer at Nagpada Police Hospital suspended for patient's death

Medical officer at Nagpada Police Hospital had fed jaggery to the diabetic patient and was found guilty of several lapses in treatment leading to the death of his patient in 2015Nearly two years after he caused the death of a police staffer with negligent treatment the District Negligence Committee has suspended Dr G K Sanap MD medicine and medical officer at the police hospital in NagpadaBooba Poojari was admitted to the Nagpada Police Hospital for weakness on December 3 2015 He died six days laterAs midday had reported earlier the patient State Reserve Police Force SRPF cook Booba Poojari 48 died six days after being admitted to the hospital in December 2015 Dr Sanap had allegedly ignored police surgeon Dr SM Patils recommendation to shift the patient to JJ Hospital or Bombay Hospital administered blood transfusions twice despite orders against it and introduced jaggery in the diabetic patients dietRelieved from dutyA senior doctor from the hospital said that the order came on Friday from the Directorate General of Health Services DGHS The same day Dr Sanap was relieved from the police hospital We have learnt that he has been asked to report to the thane office of the DGHS during the suspension period said the doctorThe histopathology report prepared on May 4 2016 gave three major findings tuberculosis pneumonia cirrhosis of liver and pancreatitis It was the final autopsy report received on June 8 that nailed the major lapse a senior forensic surgeon attached to the JJ Postmortem Centre confirmed to midday that cause of death was tuberculosis pneumonia an ailment for which no treatment was provided by SanapWhile the Nagpada police had registered an Accidental Death Report ADR in the case Poojaris son Kaushal had written to the Chief Minister requesting a highlevel inquiry The case remained on cold storage for three months until the DGHS ordered that a committee be set up to probe the matterJoint Commissioner of Police Administration Archana Tyagi said The DGHS Committee has come to a conclusion and they have taken appropriate actionSuspension is temporary actionWhen asked if the police would be now taking action on the basis of the DGHS suspension Senior Police Inspector Baswat of Nagpada police station said We are not concerned about the suspension of the doctor we are interested to know the findings of the committee That finding is binding on us Suspension is not a punishment it is temporary action so that the concerned person does not tamper with the evidence or come in the way of the investigationBaswat further stated We will seek the opinion of our legal cell and I will ask for the probe report Only then will we be able to decide on the future course of action if anyCops must file FIRSenior criminal lawyer Dinesh Tiwari said The order came after completion of the inquiry which clearly means that the suspension was awarded to Sanap by way of punishment and not otherwiseHe added This suspension also means that the police are free to take necessary legal action and register a FIR against the doctor for negligence The government should also pay damages to the kin of the deceasedThe other sideDespite repeated attempts to contact Dr G K Sanap he remained unavailable for comment However he had earlier told this paper The police surgeon does not like me and hence is finding ways to malign my image I have all the papers with me and nowhere had the police surgeon given instructions about treatmentWho was heading the committee Why didnt the committee call the doctor to present his side of the story How could a onesided report be submitted argued a family friend on behalf of Dr Sanap Booba Poojari below was admitted to the Nagpada Police Hospital for weakness on December 3 2015 He died six days laterAlso view Photos 10 of the worlds heaviest people and their drastic weight loss