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80-yr-old patient dies in J&K after official holds up ambulance for using red beacon
Updated On: 11 December, 2013 06:01 PM IST | | PTI
An 80-year-old heart patient died due to delay in medical aid after the ambulance carrying him was allegedly held up for 30 minutes by a court officer for using a red beacon here.
Describing the incident as "bloody mindlessness", Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said he will take up the matter with the state High Court.
The family of Abdul Rehman Dar alleged that traffic cops stopped the ambulance at Seelu in Sopore area over the use of red beacon and siren on Tuesday while he was being taken to SKIMS hospital in Srinagar from north Kashmir after suffering a heart attack.
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