Chief
Medical Officer Dr Rohan Rohekar allegedly told staff to take the body
straight to the morgue, contrary to hospital rules which requires
corpses to be held in casualty ward for a two-hour 'cooling off' period
in case there is a chance of revival.
But
just as the body was being prepared for the post-mortem, two porters
were stunned to see him breathing after spotting 'his stomach moving up
and down'.
According to NDTV, the man woke up amid the commotion as staff rushed back to the casualty ward to inform doctors.
Dr
Rohekar has been accused of tearing up his death report and erasing an
entry he made in the casualty ward diary after learning of his alleged
blunder.
Police
officers, who had arrived at the hospital to file an accidental death
report, say staff refused to let them in and Dr Rohekar would reveal the
whereabouts of the erased records.
Senior Police Inspector Yeshudas Gorde
said: 'It is a serious case of negligence by the doctor. We were shocked
to find patient was alive after he had been declared dead. We have
written to the dean of Sion Hospital, asking him to conduct an inquiry
and give us the report. Once
the report is out, we can take action. The hospital authorities should
take action against the person responsible for this incident.'
Hospital
dean, Dr Suleman Merchant, reportedly said it was not unusual for
doctors to miss a patient's pulse if the body had suffered shock or
trauma.
He
said: 'We have reprimanded the doctor and have told him that in such
cases the body must be kept in the casualty ward for a cooling off
period of two hours.
'This doctor is new to the hospital and so isn't familiar with the procedure.'
Dr Rohekar could not be reached for comment.
The patient, who has not been named, is currently being treated for an ear infection and malnutrition.
Source: UK Daily Mail/NDTV
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