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IIT-K student dies of ‘medical negligence’, director resigns

Kolkata: A student at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-K) allegedly died of medical negligence on Sunday afternoon. Accepting responsibility, the director of IIT-K, Damo-dar Acharya, later submitted his resignation to the Board of Governors of the institute. Rohit Kumar, a student of t ....Read more

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iitdBy: Abhay Shukla | Tuesday , 24 Mar '09 23:33:54 PM Reply | Forward HRD ministry wants at least 7 more iit's in the country with no faculty, no medical facility and no infrastructure. That's how they want to nurture young talent of the country!This is just one news that has come to light. Many many iitians die every year in the campuses due do various reasons. Never a question is raised over them, never it is brought to public notice. I wonder why?The institutes and the ministry has to answer these questions.I, a student of iitd extend my full support to my friends in iit kgp for the cause.

brings back sad memoriesBy: Once a Nehruite | Tuesday , 24 Mar '09 3:40:03 AM Reply | Forward I graduated from IIT-KGP a decade ago but it seems that the hospital is stuck where it was. I remember participating in a dharna when an MTech student died due to wrong treatment at the hospital. The only use we found for the hospital was to get "sick certificates" for bunking class! Every year there is such an incident resulting in tragedy. Not just Kharagpur, most of India needs thousands of hospitals and competent medical staff all over the country. I hope these young students do not forget their sense of outrage as time passes by but rather channel it to a solution for a crying problem they have faced first hand.

IITd hospital suck too!By: Samar Singla | Tuesday , 24 Mar '09 0:35:24 AM Reply | Forward I can't comment on this perticular incident, but being from IIT Delhi, I never go to the Institute hospital if I ever need to. Doctor's attitude is just too casual for students to feel comfortable.

medical negligenceBy: Neeraj | Monday , 23 Mar '09 22:01:06 PM Reply | Forward what this report fails to mention is that there wasn’t a single doctor present on emergency duty on the given day. the doctor when called upon, said he'd arrive in "5 mins", only to come in after an hr. even after rohit was referred to kolkata, there was a delay of 2 hrs in arranging for an ambulance. all this, while the bleeding rohit’s condition worsened further still. finally, he was sent to kolkata without a trained paramedic by his side, with a pharmacist who already seemed to be at his wit’s end. if all this doesn't amount to medical negligence, i really don't know what would…the students here are not hooligans, as has been projected in certain reports. but take into account the repeated pleas made earlier to improve on the conditions in the only "decent" hospital around, coupled with the 'who-cares' attitude displayed by the authorities, and a student uprising would seem to be the only possible option in order to get the powers-that-be to take notice.

medical negligenceBy: mohan | Monday , 23 Mar '09 21:13:36 PM Reply | Forward i agrre with dr gopinath comment.some of the students talk without fair reasoning . small hospitls cannot and do not have all the sophisticated medical edquipment.neuro sureon cannot be in every hospital (as some student suggested in news column)( remember recent news of actree late Richerdson who died after fall in ice and was taken to local hospital and they did not have mriscan and patient was transfered to another hospital . tragedy some times happen blaming some one is very easy.to accuse doctor s for negligence is wrong . an autopsy of the student should be done to rule out cause of death.i have read of hundreds of cases where young students and wellknown basket ball players die some times after taking them to hospitalwith all the facilities.

‘medical negligence’By: Dr Gopinath J.V.S | Monday , 23 Mar '09 17:13:06 PM Reply | Forward Small institutional hospitals anywhere in thje world do not have CT or MRI scanners. You cannot call those as basic equipment by any standard. A defibrillator however is basic and need to be present even in small clinics. His symptoms are very suggestive of a congenital malformation of an artery in the brain - Berry's Aneurism, and death usually follows even if admitted promptly to Neurosurgical unit. It is very sad to have a young and bright student die suddenly but in your rage dont lash out at all around you.

IITkgpBy: mly | Monday , 23 Mar '09 15:41:25 PM Reply | Forward It appears to be due to lake of experiance or casualness of the doctor. Do not expect a CT scan or neurosurgeon at a 30 beded hospital at least for next 10-20 years in India. The student should have been referred to a higher center immediately

ErrorBy: D.K.Tripathy | Monday , 23 Mar '09 15:04:00 PM Reply | Forward Please get the news correct as its KGP - Kharagpur not K Kanpur

Regarding Incident of Rohit KumarBy: Satish Chandra Singh | Monday , 23 Mar '09 14:46:56 PM Reply | Forward IIt-k is very famous campous aal over India...It is not expected that the doctor will behave like this...whereas every facilities provided by HRD of India...It is very samefull...and som e where dorector is responcible for that perticular....

mistakeBy: Ankur | Monday , 23 Mar '09 14:12:41 PM Reply | Forward IIT K refers to IIT Kanpur. IIT Kharagpur, the first IIT, is refered to as IIT G.

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