Prayagraj: The private hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj which came under fire for allegedly administering ‘fruit juice’ to a dengue patient who later died has been served a notice from the Prayagraj Development Authority according to which the hospital building was constructed illegally. The hospital authorities have been asked by the authority to vacate the building by October 28. The hospital is likely to be bulldozed.
The hospital was sealed last week after a preliminary enquiry revealed lapses on the part of its authorities. There are no patients there anymore.
The hospital authorities did not reply to the earlier notices in this regard and a demolition order was passed earlier this year, the notice said.
The family of the 32-year-old dengue patient had alleged that the hospital supplied sweet lime (mosambi) juice in a bag marked “plasma”. The patient’s health deteriorated after transfusion from the bag and he died after he was shifted to another hospital, his relatives alleged.
They claimed the doctors at the second hospital told them the disputed platelet bag contained a mix of chemicals and something sweet like mosambi juice.
But a medical report on whether the dispute platelet bag contained juice has not been made public.
The patient’s family had also demanded the state government to take strict action against the hospital staff.
Meanwhile, a day after the dengue patient’s death, Prayagraj police busted a gang that supplied “fake platelets” and arrested 10 men. They used to take plasma from blood banks and repackage them as platelets (both components of the blood), police had said.
