BENGALURU: A 49-year-old police constable here died in his house on Friday morning after five reputed hospitals refused to admit him over a period of six hours.
Ravi Kumar was taken in a car by his wife and a relative to these hospitals across the city between 9pm Thursday night and 3am Friday. After the 40-km drive was in vain, he was taken back to his Vijaynagar home where he breathed his last around 9am.
Ravi, who is part of a Hoysala patrol vehicle attached to Vijayanagar police station, is survived by his wife Sneha Kumar and two daughters and a son.
The family’s woes began around 2pm Thursday when Ravi Kumar, who was at work, complained of uneasiness and returned home.
Sneha told TOI they went to five hospitals in the night but none admitted her husband. What’s worse, no doctors from all the five hospitals even came out to examine Ravi.
“Kumar rested for some time. By nightfall, he complained of acute stomach ache. First, we took him to a well-known hospital on Uttarahalli Road, near Kengeri. But the staff refused to admit him, saying they had no free beds. We went to two popular hospitals in Vasanthnagar. They too refused to admit him saying their doctors had gone home,” Sneha said.
Kumar’s condition was deteriorating and he became semi-conscious. “We then went to a hospital on Tumakuru Road and later to another hospital in Basaveshwaranagar. At both places, we were told he couldn’t be admitted without a Covid-19 test,” she said.
A close family member told TOI that for the past couple of years, Kumar was suffering from liver- related issues. Kumar’s throat swab samples were collected by a private laboratory and the result came negative for Covid-19. He was laid to rest in his village in Ramanagara district late Friday night.
Earlier this week, a 52-year-old man from the city showing symptoms of Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) died after 18 different hospitals denied admission. TOI had published the ordeal of the patient and his family, following which the health & family welfare department issued show-cause notices to some of the hospitals.
Ravi Kumar was taken in a car by his wife and a relative to these hospitals across the city between 9pm Thursday night and 3am Friday. After the 40-km drive was in vain, he was taken back to his Vijaynagar home where he breathed his last around 9am.
Ravi, who is part of a Hoysala patrol vehicle attached to Vijayanagar police station, is survived by his wife Sneha Kumar and two daughters and a son.
The family’s woes began around 2pm Thursday when Ravi Kumar, who was at work, complained of uneasiness and returned home.
Sneha told TOI they went to five hospitals in the night but none admitted her husband. What’s worse, no doctors from all the five hospitals even came out to examine Ravi.
“Kumar rested for some time. By nightfall, he complained of acute stomach ache. First, we took him to a well-known hospital on Uttarahalli Road, near Kengeri. But the staff refused to admit him, saying they had no free beds. We went to two popular hospitals in Vasanthnagar. They too refused to admit him saying their doctors had gone home,” Sneha said.
Kumar’s condition was deteriorating and he became semi-conscious. “We then went to a hospital on Tumakuru Road and later to another hospital in Basaveshwaranagar. At both places, we were told he couldn’t be admitted without a Covid-19 test,” she said.
A close family member told TOI that for the past couple of years, Kumar was suffering from liver- related issues. Kumar’s throat swab samples were collected by a private laboratory and the result came negative for Covid-19. He was laid to rest in his village in Ramanagara district late Friday night.
Earlier this week, a 52-year-old man from the city showing symptoms of Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) died after 18 different hospitals denied admission. TOI had published the ordeal of the patient and his family, following which the health & family welfare department issued show-cause notices to some of the hospitals.
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