Child dies in Rewa’s Sanjay Gandhi hospital after treatment delay:Family wanders with him on stretcher, grandmother holds drip; SGMH admits negligence

A 13-year-old boy, Manish Sahu from Mahoba, dies at Rewa’s Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital after being admitted for five days. He was burned by lightning on August 30 and referred from Panna, reaching the hospital on October 3. His family wandered with him on a stretcher, holding a drip, but he was refused admission in the burn ward and later in ward 7. The hospital inquiry report cites major negligence, noting treatment began two hours late due to departmental coordination lapses. Negligence leads to child’s death Teenager referred from Panna to Rewa Investigation report reveals lack of coordination
After the matter came to the media, hospital superintendent Dr. Rahul Mishra formed a three-member investigation team. The investigation team has submitted its report to the superintendent. The report clearly states that there was a severe lack of coordination between departments in starting the treatment of the injured teenager, which cost the teenager his life. Instead of action, talk of improving coordination
Despite the negligence being exposed in the investigation report, no concrete action has been taken against the responsible individuals. Hospital superintendent Dr. Rahul Mishra is now talking about establishing coordination between departments. He only said that, Further action is being taken by the hospital management in this matter. He also said that negligence in such sensitive matters will not be tolerated.