A day after Apollo Gleneagles Hospital tried to save its face by making Ruby Roy sign a document saying that a sum of amount was refunded, members of the inquiry committee setup by the state government reached the hospital to probe the alleged medical negligence that led to Sanjay Roy's death.
It was learnt that the team of investigators talked to a few doctors and were not very happy with the version of the hospital authorities as a lot of anomalies came to the fore.
The probing committee has come to know in the course of investigation that the hospital started the treatment of Sanjay after two hours of his admission. The Health department that has been carrying out the investigation, suspect that there was a delay in the treatment as the relatives of the patient failed to pay the amount the hospital had demanded from them.
The 6-member inquiry committee comprising various departmental heads of state-run hospitals in the city and a special secretary of the Health department has been carrying out the investigation.
The committee members examined various documents at the hospital during their visit. They would hold a meeting at the Swasthya Bhavan on Wednesday on the basis of Tuesday's observation at the hospital. The committee will soon submit report a report in this regard to the senior health officials. Senior members of the hospital were also probed in this connection.
It may be mentioned here that the police have been carrying a separate investigation in this incident after the victim's widow Ruby Roy registered a complaint at Phool Bagan police station against the hospital authorities. Police have already sought details related to the treatment of the victim from the medical officer of the hospital.
The inquiry committee also interrogated the senior officials of the hospital to know why the hospital had refused to give immediate attention to the patient when the victim's relatives mentioned that they had a mediclaim policy.
The hospital authorities demanded cash from the relatives of the victim. As they failed to pay up the initial cost of treatment, the same was allegedly started at around 4 pm on February 16, nearly two hours after the victim was brought to the hospital with critical injuries following an accident.
A CT scan was performed at around 4.45 pm. It was also alleged that the surgery was conducted on the victim following a long delay. The members of the inquiry committee interrogated the senior hospital officials and asked why a critical accident victim was allegedly left unattended for a long time. Meanwhile, a private company offered Ruby a job.