[Resolved]  Mool Chand Khairati Ram Hospital — Medical negligence

My younger brother Rahul Sharma aged 32 years was suffering from liver problem. He was on Udiliv 300mg., Duphalac, lascilactone, Urispas, Ciplar 5 mg for the last one year. We visited MCKR on 30.1.2009, . with the symptoms of weakness and drowsiness where In Emergency Ward, we were told that he would be admitted in ICU. for one day and as soon as all investigations/clinical tests are over he would be discharged i.e. after two days . He was under Dr. Abhay Singh and Dr. S.K. Thakur’s treatment at Mool Chand Khairati Ram Hospital.

As he was very much in his senses and responding well, he was shifted from ICU to NOH(General) ward, Room No. 4B in the afternoon of 31.1.09. His platelets count at the time of admission was 49, 000, Hb 7.7 Bil 4.5. temp 98.4 º Cel. Second day, his platelets count fell down to 38, 000. It is a matter of great surprise that even though there was a noticeable fall of 10000 platelets per day during hospitalization, he has not been given platelets/fresh frozen plasma rather we were informed that they are not concerned about what other hospitals are doing, they wait till it fall to 20000 count.

On 4th February, 09 at 12.00 noon when the count reached to 28, 000, instead of transfusing platelets/white blood to him, he was given Glevo 500mg intravenously in low platelets count at around 5.00 p.m. Immediately after this his body temperature raised to 104º Celcius, the staff on duty then gave him Nimulid alongwith Crocin. which also has fatal side effects in such circumstances. My brother immediately after Glevo 500 mg. started shivering badly and within two hrs he started bleeding profusely by way of vomitting and through urine which has never happened in his past history.

His condition was reported to the staff on duty, Doctor on duty in the Emergency ward and Dr. S.K. Thakur, Specialist Gastroentologist over phone (as he was not physically present) but no one turned up for his rescue. In such a critical condition, at that point of time when he needed immediate medical attention he was left alone to die, neither any specialist turned up nor the patient was transferred to the ICU of the Hospital. Later on, keeping in view the critical condition of the patient, we shifted him to the PSRI late in the night of 4th Feb. where we were informed that his platelets count fell down to 12000 count, , Hb approximate 4.5 and having acute bleeding in his lungs. As reported, his lungs were full of blood at the time of admission at Pushpawati Singhania.


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Later on, during treatment on 5.02.2009, he was put on Ventilaor and on 9.02.2009 at 9.05 p.m. after battling for life for five days he gave up and passed away with septic shock with multi organ failure due to severe coagucopathy, pancytopenia, hydronephroses and other consequential factors.


Please note that there was no such bleeding ever before the Glevo 500 mg. was given. This antibiotic was given to him when he was suffering from low platelets count which lead to severe coagucopathy, pancytopenia. He was also having 10.5 mm Renal Calculi in his left kidney .

My only submission is that my brother’s condition was not critical as per clinical reports of 30.1.09 and 31.01.09 that is why he was shifted from ICU to the Ward. 2) His condition got deteriorated during the period of hospitalization. He lost his life at this young age just because of wrong and inadequate treatment given at the wrong time and total medical negligence on the part of the doctors and the hospital which is totally against the medical ethics. I am a layman but I also knew that his case has not been properly handled during the period of 30.1.09 to 4.02.2009. I lost my brother who is having two young kids aged 6 and 5 years old. I am helpless and desperately seeking justice. Please advise.