Monday, May 20, 2013

STNM Hospital did not turn brawl victim away, Management clarifies

With Reference to Media reports in two newspapers NOW! and Sikkim Express dated 20 May 2013.
The Sikkim Express report mentions that the victim Rakshit Meena was taken to STNM hospital from his previously booked hotel room. The hospital authorities apparently told the patient party to take the patient to CRH due to lack of beds in the S.T.N.M. This statement has been made by a police officer.
The other newspaper [NOW!] however mentions that the victim was taken to the S.T.N.M. hospital at around 1.30 a.m. on the intervening night of 18thand 19th of May, 2013 and was turned away on the grounds that there were no free beds.
There are no records in the hospital emergency regarding the admission and referral of this patient to CRH.
However, it is presumed that the incident in question had taken place on the morning of 19th of May 2013 when three young boys entered the emergency of STNM hospital at around 7.30 a.m. requesting for a stretcher to get a patient into the emergency from a vehicle standing outside (Maruti Van).
The Doctor on duty Dr. Maya Shilal, and two nurses and ward boy on duty Rakesh Koirala were present in the emergency. The ward boy went to collect the flexible stretcher to get the patient into the emergency as the trolley stretchers were already occupied by the patients.
On going out the ward boy found that the vehicle had already left the premises as saw the vehicle turning towards the National Highway.
Sd/-
Principal Chief Consultant-cum-Medical Superintendent, STNM Hospital, Gangtok

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