Naval Kishore Ram vows strict action for negligence

Pune: District collector Naval Kishore Ram on Monday said a sub-divisional magistrate was expected to file by Monday evening a detailed inquiry report relating to the body of a woman lying in an ambulance cold storage for two days for want of her Covid-19 test report at a private hospital in Shikrapur.

“We will take stern action in case of any negligence,” he said, while pointing out that the patient was from Osmanabad and had died within an hour of being referred to the hospital.

The medical authorities had no idea whether the patient was positive or negative and, hence, advised the body to be kept in cold storage.

“The patient was kept in the ambulance cold storage as per the protocol,” Ram said. On reports that the patient’s kin were charged exorbitantly for the ambulance service, he said the inquiry will cover all these aspects.