Chandigarh: The 10-month-old baby died in PGI on Tuesday, with his family accusing him not getting ventilator support.
Parents accused private hospitals in Ludhiana have recognized their child for more than two weeks but instead of stabilizing it, he asked them to take him to PGI after his condition deteriorated.
“I somehow managed to borrow more than Rs 3 Lakh to make my daughter admit at a private hospital.
He was stored there for more than two weeks.
When the hospital felt I was unable to provide further care, I was advised to take him to PGI,” Virender said, who worked in a local factory in Ludhiana.
He said, “He is our only child.
We take him to PGI.
But there are no ventilators available there.
We were asked to move it to a private hospital.
Because I can’t afford it, I tried waiting for a ventilator in PGI, where he died .
There is a delay in a private hospital that doesn’t even let us use the Ayushman Bharat facility.
“During Covid waves, the task force was formed to manage unnecessary referrals in PGI.
There is a nodal officer who will be a contact point for doctors in Tricity and Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
“It’s almost unsuccessful.
No one contacted us from countries side by side before shifting the patient.
In the case of babies who unfortunately died, if the hospital contacted us, they would not travel frequently to find no ventilators available here,” said Prof.
Jagat Ram, Director, PGI.
‘Hompa suburbs must update the infrastrous Director PGI, “Hospitals on the outskirts must increase their infrastructure to provide facilities to the nearest patients.
These patients come to us when they are in poor condition.” A study conducted at the sophisticated pediatric center PGI said that from the 22-bed emergency department, there were 15 beds where non-critical children were managed, while seven beds for critical babies.
Nurse-patient ratio and patients vary from 1: 5 to 1:12 in seven beds and 1: 8 to 1:30 in 15 beds.
Also, this study revealed that 53% of the emergency department visits with children can be managed with outpatient arrangements instead of emergency.