40-minute ‘treatment’ on dead boy at UCHC in Chennai raises concerns
New Indian ExpressCHENNAI: The ordeal of a couple whose three-year-old son was ‘provided treatment’ for 40 minutes after his death at Injambakkam Urban Community Health Centre has raised serious concerns over the lack of doctors and emergency medical facilities at the centre. The hospital staff claimed the boy was brought dead, but cited the distraught mother’s pleas to save him as the reason for providing ‘treatment’ and not informing them of death. Sugumar said, “After over 40 minutes of hands-only CPR treatment and inserting some tubes, the UCHC staff asked us to hire a private ambulance to shift him to the private hospital in Shollinganallur. When we asked for 108 ambulance stationed at the centre for shifting my son, the centre staff claimed it was under repair.” Noting that 108 ambulances are not used to transport dead bodies, official sources said that this could be the reason why staff said the ambulance was under repair.
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