Two more patients go missing from BHU hospital

VARANASI: A day after one Covid patient jumped off the fourth floor and died, and another missing was found dead on campus, reports of two more patients going untraceable from the trauma centre of BHU hospital appeared on Tuesday.
BHU trauma centre officials had informed Lanka police that two patients from Jaunpur and Ballia districts had arrived after suffering injuries in accidents and went missing on August 23 night, said inspector Mahesh Pandey.
Police launched a search operation to trace the missing duo and one patient was traced in Ballia at his home.
The patient’s mother told police that she turned apprehensive after coming to know about various incidents at the hospital and decided to take her son back home.
Efforts are on to trace the patient hailing from Jaunpur, said Pandey.
Earlier, on Monday late night, violent protests erupted at Sir Sunderlal hospital when the body of Ajay Kumar Bharti, a resident of Dhaphi, who had gone missing from Covid ward on August 22 night, was found near the sewage discharge point in the hospital.
His family, relatives and friends indulged in violence and additional police force had to be rushed in to control the situation.
SP City Vikas Chandra Tripathi told TOI on Tuesday, “The family members were assured of appropriate action after which they ended their protest and the body was sent for postmortem.”
DM Kaushal Raj Sharma ordered a magisterial probe into the incident on Tuesday.
The DM said, “A magisterial probe has been ordered and the investigation officer has been asked to give a report within 15 days. Apart from recording statements, the CCTV footage of the hospital would also be checked.”
“UP minister Suresh Khanna had asked all hospitals with Covid facilities to install CCTVs in the wards for proper monitoring. BHU authorities have been told to set up CCTVs in Covid ward and ensure round the clock monitoring to avoid recurrence of untoward incidents,” Sharma added.