The police on Tuesday interrogated a senior official of the billing department of Apollo Gleneagles Hospital and a doctor in connection with the probe into the role of the hospital on the treatment of Sanjay Roy who was allegedly detained by the hospital authorities due to non payment of bills.
Police also asked another doctor of the hospital to appear before the investigating officers at Phoolbagan police station but he failed to appear before the police as his mother is suffering from some disease.
Police will interrogate two more doctors in this connection. Police recorded their statements. Police have already collected the various documents in connection with the incident.
Police wanted to know from the billing department officials about various bill related issues. They were also trying to know why the victims family members were asked to deposit a Fixed Deposit as security money before transferring Roy to the SSKM Hospital.
The patient, however, died after being taken to the SSKM Hospital. On Monday, it was reported that the police are contemplating summoning the former eastern zone's CEO of Apollo Gleneagles Rupali Basu, to interrogate her in connection with the death of Sanjay Roy.
This comes on the day when state Health Secretary Rajendra Shukla said the six-member inquiry committee found that the delay in releasing Roy till his bills were cleared, medical negligence and tampering of his treatment-related documents were the reasons behind the 30-year-old man's death.
The inquiry committee was formed by the state Health department to probe into the death of the Hooghly resident.
Shukla held a press conference after submitting the report containing findings of the committee to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
He further said that since the inquiry committee could not pinpoint the person(s) responsible for the incident's leading to Roy's death, a
three-member committee had been formed.