JAMMU: A 70-year-old heart patient, awaiting surgery on Friday morning in a private nursing home here was allegedly thrown out of paid room for objecting to switching- off the air-conditioner.
The incident happened at Sudan Heart Care Centre, Gadi Garh on R S Pura Road when Kamlesh Rani, admitted in CCU, was asked to vacate the premises when she objected to the switching off the air-conditioner by the staff at the behest of management.
Sources said that the management is playing similar truant with others to save power and reduce pressure on the generator set. Last night, when the patient complained about humidity due to switching off of the AC, she was rudely asked to leave the CCU notwithstanding her schedule surgery this morning.
“Get out of the hospital; discharge her right now,” shouted Dr Sudan on 70-yr-old patient inside the CCU, saying, “you are un-necessarily creating problems for the staff.”
Kamlesh’s son and brother, standing outside the CCU heard the doctor screaming on her and requested him politely. “Doctor Sahib please talk politely, this will upset the patient and deteriorate her condition further” said Kamlesh’s brother to Dr Sudan.
“This is not our concern,” he replied in anger and thereafter nursing home staff brought Kamlesh Rani out of CCU on a stretcher and asked them to leave.
“We had been charged Rs 3,000 for staying for five hours at the nursing home that too without AC,” said Kamlesh Rani’s son Ajay Kumar , adding “we are filing complaint against this nursing home to police, health department and consumer forum.”
“Staff members of Sudan Heart Centre told us that Dr Sudan has given strict instructions to keep the AC off in CCU especially during power cuts to curtail gen set expenditure,” Ajay said.
Following the boorish behavior of the nursing home management, Kamlesh Rani was shifted to GMC Hospital, where doctors advised her complete rest as she was feeling uncomfortable due to abnormal heart beat.
Dr Dinesh Sudan, of Sudan Heart Care Centre said, “Air conditioner was not required and moreover there was no electricity.” “Patients require medical care not ACs,” he said while denying any altercation with the patient. He said that the patient was discharged on their request.