GUWAHATI: After the alleged medical negligence case which came to light after a pregnant woman lost her life a few hours after being admitted to Goenka Nursing Home, now another case related to Hayat Hopsital in the city has come to the fore.
A city resident, Sanjit Deka informed G Plus that his father was admitted in the hospital for multiple organ failure and was given medicine which was past its expiration date.
However, after the relatives of the patient checked the date on the medicine and informed the authorities, the hospital officials apologised and immediately replaced the medicines.
“My father is a kidney patient, he has liver cirrhosis and is also a heart patient. The hospital indents the medicines to their pharmacy and provides them to the patients. When the authorities provided the medicines to us, we found that one of the medicines was already past its expiration date,” said Deka.
General Manager of Hayat Hospital Parag Jyoti Dutta informed G Plus, "The incident was unintentional. Unfortunately, one strip among the medicines given to the patient was expired. The strip was immediately returned to our officials by the patient's family members before consumption."
Deka added that when they spoke to the management regarding the issues, they assured them that they would take would take up the matter seriously and would take strict action.