Tension prevails in Govt hospital following girl's death

By Staff
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Chennai, May 20 (UNI) Tension prevailed for a while at Government Kasturba Gandhi Maternity Hospital, popularly knows A S Kosa Hospital, as a section of public laid a siege protesting the death of an eight-year-old girl who was admitted to the hospital with diarrhoea, early today.

Police said U Rubica was admitted around 2000 hrs last night and around midnight, the hospital authorities allegedly told the relatives to her away as she could not respond to their treatment and died.

To their shock and surprise the sorrowful family members of the deceased found the girl's body slightly shaking when they brought her house. On seeing this, the relatives and parents of the girl rushed to a private hospital, where the doctors declared that the girl had died only 15 minutes earlier.

To protest the alleged apathy and negligence of the Kosa hospital staff, the relatives and parents of the girl laid a siege demanding suitable action against the erring hospital staff, including the on duty doctors.

Based on the information, police rushed to the spot, persuaded the agitators and restored normalcy, police added.

UNI

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