Turned away by 4 hospitals, boy dies
A schoolboy who was suffering from cirrhosis died without treatment on Tuesday afternoon after he was turned away by three hospitals and a clinic in Khulna.
Deceased Rifat, son of Mohammad Kashem, was from Khalishpur housing bihari camp-1 in Khulna city.
He was taken to Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) around 2:30pm after his condition deteriorated.
Rifat's grandfather Kalimuddin said, "The hospital refused to admit him saying there was no doctor."
He was given medicine and the family was asked to bring him there yesterday.
Later, Rifat was taken to Khalispur Clinic but was denied admission there, prompting the family members to take him to Surgical Hospital.
Doctors there advised the family members to take the schoolboy to Moylapota Hospital, but he was denied admission there as well.
He died in the evening without receiving any treatment, said Kalimuddin.
Dr Sheikh Atiar Rahman, assistant director of KMCH, said their doctors were under pressure over the coronavirus situation. But the situation was not so severe that general patients would not get proper treatment, he added.
He said he would look into the complaint of the patient's family.
Khulna Civil Surgeon Dr Sujat said treatment of general patients was not stopped at any hospital. He said he would look into the matter.
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