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'Corona suspect' left to die, says wife

Abohar: A government school lecturer of Abohar, whose husband died while undergoing treatment after being marked “Corona suspect”, has blamed the allegedly poor medical services at government hospitals for his death .

Neeta Pandhu, wife of Parvinder Kamboj, who was an associate professor in a local college, said he developed mild fever on July 16 with a slight sore throat.

Since even after four days of medication, his throat pain persisted, they went for a test at the Abohar civil hospital and gave their samples on July 20.

“Although we were told that the report comes within one day, it didn’t come till July 22 and the condition of my husband started worsening, following which he was referred to Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot. But, there was no doctor to attend to the emergency patients,” she alleged.

The doctor on duty said since the referral slip of Parvinder mentioned “Corona suspect”, he would be shifted to the isolation ward till the report came. She pleaded that her husband needed immediate medical attention, but they left Parvinder to die lying alone and unattended in the isolation ward, she alleged.

“My world was shattered. All my life I have kept encouraging and helping students to become doctors. I had even acclaimed the Corona warriors on my Facebook page a few months back, but at Faridkot, I saw a new face of ‘corona warriors’. I have lost everything — my faith, my hope, my spirit and may lose my life too,” she rued and demanded a probe into the death of her husband,However, denying any delay in the test report, Fazilka civil surgeon Dr Chander Mohan Kataria said every patient referred to the Faridkot medical College is marked as suspected corona patient in the absence of a test report.

Abohar MLA Arun Narang said contrary to the claims of the government about the medical facilities being provided in the hospitals, the death of Parvinder has exposed all their claims.

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