Turned away by five hospitals, another dialysis patient dies

Despite directives from the state government to not turn away dialysis patients hospitals continue to refuse treatment to them A 47yearold Bhayandar resident died on Thursday after five hospitals refused to give him dialysis over COVID19 fearsKaushik Roy residing at Cabin Road in Bhayandar East had been receiving dialysis for a year at KKasturi Medicare His wife Jyoti said My husband needed dialysis every alternate day However last week after getting dialysis at KKasturi hospital he suffered a negative reaction We decided to take him to another hospital On Thursday morning his health was not good and we rushed him to five different hospitals in the area Everyone refused to treat him My husband died due to lack of dialysisJyoti first took her husband to Bhaktivedanta Hospital then PV Doshi Hospital then Manav Kalyan Kendra Hospital then Orbit Hospital and then to Thunga which said he had died and advised her to get a death certificate from KKasturi where he was being treated earlierDr Rajeev Agarwal medical director of KKasturi said The family chose to discontinue dialysis with us four days ago They said our dialysis is not suitable for him But they did not book another centre We did not refuse dialysis the family did not come to usKaushik and Jyoti RoyDr Agarwal added Other hospitals are not taking a risk Roy was unknown to other hospitals No hospital will take a patient without knowing their complete historyWhat hospitals sayWe refused to admit Roy as our dialysis machines have not been working for two months The machines have been shut for maintenance work We advised his family to take him to another hospital as he was critical officials from the MiraBhayandarbased Orbit Hospital saidDr Illa Ghosh of Bhaktivedanta hospital said that their associate hospital PV Doshi is only treating Coronavirus patients If that is where Roy went he would have been denied admission as no outside patients are allowed At Bhaktivendanta we are taking new patients I will personally check why Roy was not admittedDr Ghosh later added that the hospital is keeping a list of patients who are enquiring about admission and of those who are being admitted too As such Bhaktivedanta did not find Kaushik Roys details in their records When asked about this Jyoti said that they were refused entry at the gate of the hospitals dialysis centre itselfWhile Manav Kalyan Kendra Hospital refused to comment officials from Thunga Hospital said We checked the patient but he was dead We advised the family to take his death certificate from the hospital where he was taking dialysis earlierI lost my husband Had my husband been given dialysis he could have been saved It is due to the negligence of all hospitals that he has died I appeal to the government to stop these things from happening to other patients Jyoti saidSaved in the nick of timeAn 85yearold dialysis patient was saved in the nick of time after she suffered a seizure at her Malad home on Thursday night Jaswanti Shah only needed oxygen a bottle of glucose and sodium to treat her but four hospitals refused to treat her until the fifth one Dr Anirudh Ambekar Life Line Medicare Hospital in Goregaon admitted her and saved her lifeShahs family said that Cooper hospital Suchak Hospital Sahyadri Hospital and Siddharth Hospital refused to treat ShahShahs grandaughter Deoanshi said My grandmother suffered a seizure at 230 am Local doctors refused to come home and treat her Finally our family doctor said over video call that she is having a seizure and said she needs oxygen glucose and sodiumWe rushed her to four hospitals but none treated her I requested them and told them her temperature has reached 96degC but they refused due to Coronavirus fears Finally Life Line Medicare Hospital saved her I request all doctors and hospitals to understand that not everyone is suffering from Coronavirus Deoanshi saidWhen the family called for an ambulance the service providers were ready to take her but no hospital would accept her They said they will only drop her to a hospital but not bring her home Deoanshi addedCatch 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