Society for Civil Liberties demands probe into death of Sadhaya Arora at GMC

Jammu Tawi, November 2: Smelling foul play in the death of 28-year-old Sadhaya Arora, the Society for Civil Liberties (SCL) has sought a high level probe into the criminal negligence in much needed emergency treatment at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) causing untimely death of Sadhaya in his prime youth.

In a condolence meeting, the members of SCL said that Dengue is not deadly disease and over thousands of cases are registered in hospitals daily, but in case of death of Sadhaya Arora, there seems deliberate negligence on the part of GMC staff and medicos.

They demanded a high level probe into the death of young entrepreneur, especially the role of GMC administration.

“A high level enquiry should be made to ascertain hidden facts behind the death of Sadhaya. Every single doctor, paramedical staff and others shall be questioned regarding series of treatment provided to the Sadhaya,” demanded the members, adding that the guilty person shall be punished, so that such unfortunate incidents may not repeat.

They further said that every person in the hospital should be made accountable, so that such untimely and unprecedented deaths shall be avoided.

“Sadhaya Arora, son of MLC Ramesh Arora was a computers wizard, especially in hardware and was also managing family business,” said the members present.

The members of the Society for Civil Liberties were flanked by the friends and relatives of the deceased youth, who demanded reasons behind the death.

Those who demanded action against guilty doctors and enquiry into the entire episode included, Advocate Ritesh Gupta, Chandan Sethi, Surinder Dogra, Kunal Gandotra, Amit Dogra, Rajesh Kapoor and Ajay Verma among others.

Pertinent to mention, Sadhaya was admitted at GMC on October 17 with 38000 Platelets count and mild temperature and within one day his Platelet count was reduced to 16000.

On 18th October, 6 (six) points/packs were administered in 10-15 minutes that too without cross match. After which the blood sample was taken. The same sample was given to the GMC Laboratory and also sent to a private Laboratory. The GMC in its report had 62, 000 platelet counts, while as the private lab provided the count of 24000 (From the same sample).

In the evening the Head of Department instructed the concerned doctor to administer 4 (four) more points of fresh platelets.

The patient himself told his father that he overheard the staff saying that they have administered wrong platelets, due to which the body reacted badly to the platelets.

Sensing trouble due to medical lapses at around 3:30 am on the intervening night of October 18-19, the family left for a private hospital in Ludhiana after failed efforts in getting ambulance and accompanying doctor. Sadhaya Arora was admitted in a private hospital in Ludhiana and later shifted to PGI Chandigarh, where he lost his struggle to survive.