[Resolved]  Sanjeevan Hospital — Negligence in burns treatment

I had a terrible experience when my niece, Sheetal Kothavale was admitted in the Sanjeevan Hospital at Satara in Maharashtra. She was admitted by the hospital after 60-70% burns but kept without regular dressing and wound cleaning. As a result, she got very badly infected to such an extent that the whole hospital corridor was stinking. Still the doctors/support staff did not care to pay attention even after repeated requests. Reply of the chief medical officer, Dr.Patil was highly arrogant and irresponsible. He asked us to take the patient home or keep in the same condition without any treatment. Finally I shifted her to a burns hospital in Pune where she died after 2 weeks. If she was treated properly to avoid initial infection, she could have been saved.