Kalimpong Dr. S Ali’s Clinic vandalised after patient dies

Kalimpong,Pradip Lohagun: Family members and relatives of a patient who died in a private clinic here resorted to vandalism accusing the authorities of negligence.

Ram Tamang (63), a resident of Mansong Kyasong, died today in Dr. S Ali’s clinic at the supermarket area. He had been suffering from high fever and was initially taken to Sewa Sadan Hospital, but as Dr. Ali was unavailable there, he was rushed to the doctor’s private clinic.

Tamang’s family members claimed he died due to delay in medical attendance. They said the patient was allotted the 23rd place in the visitors’ list, but as his condition started to worsen, the family members requested the doctor to attend to Tamang first, but it all came to naught. The relatives also said the doctor entered his clinic around 12:30pm, two hours later than his scheduled time.

As Tamang laid waiting in a vehicle for his turn, he started to vomit blood and his health deteriorated further. He was rushed inside the clinic, but by the time he was attended upon, Tamang was no more, with Dr. Ali declaring so.

Suddenly there was chaos all around, with the infuriated relatives smashing and breaking things up until the police, led by Kalimpong OC Achinta Gupta, appeared to take things under control.

According to Dr. Ali, he was not informed about the critical condition Tamang was in and this became known only when he was brought inside the clinic all of a sudden. He said he was late getting to the clinic as he was busy with a critical patient in the civil hospital.

The doctor said Tamang was already dead by the time he was brought into the clinic. The postmortem report is awaited to ascertain the exact reason of the death.