At a time when the nation is dealing with the second wave of coronavirus, an incident that took place recently revealed a darker side of the patients’ situation in the state.
After allegedly being turned back by a number of hospitals due to the non-availability of beds, a 38-year-old coronavirus patient died on Thursday midnight, April 1. Balasaheb Kole had to sit on a protest outside the municipal corporation in Maharashtra's Nashik after being rejected by hospitals.
Kole was seen on a 'dharna', wearing an oxygen mask connected to a cylinder, last evening outside the civic body's headquarters. After about an hour, an ambulance from the corporation took him to the municipal hospital.
According to his family, at around midnight, his oxygen level went close to 40 per cent. A normal level of oxygen is usually 95 per cent or higher. He died around 1 am in night.
While talking to reporters, his wife said, two-three days back he was taken to Bytco Hospital. From there, he went to another hospital, from there to the government medical college. Medical College said no bed. We went to a lot of hospitals. Nobody admitted him. Then we came back to the civil hospital and got oxygen for him and put him on it. But nobody heard.
The police and the corporation said that they have launched an investigation to find out who instigated the patient to picket the municipal building.
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