5 Noida docs booked for remdesivir 'delay'

Five doctors of a private hospital have been booked under IPC Section 304A (causing death by negligence) in an FIR filed on the recommendation from the health department, whose preliminary inquiry found merit in allegations of a “delay” in administering remdesivir to a 22-year-old college student who died during the second wave of Covid last year.

- Abhijeet.Singh timesgroup.com

Noida: 

The management of Yatharth Hospital here rejected the charge, saying its doctors did their best to treat the patient, who was admitted in a critical state in April 2021. They also pointed to a remdesivir shortage at the time, and subsequent research that says the antiviral drug does not help in Covid treatment. A top-ranking official of the Indian Medical Association, meanwhile, stressed the need for a central law to safeguard doctors against such “violent action”.

Noida: The Phase-2 police station in Noida on Sunday registered an FIR against five doctors of a city hospital over “negligence” in treating a Covid patient, based on the findings of the inquiry by a two-member panel led by deputy chief medical officer Dr Tikram Singh.