Overview
- The patient, identified as 18-year-old Raju Kumar Ranjan, was admitted after a road accident on May 24 and died following roughly 37 days of treatment at Raj Hospital in Ranchi.
- The family says staff failed to dress his wound for two to three days, that a severe infection spread and that the hospital presented a roughly ₹22 lakh bill after his death.
- Raj Hospital rejects charges of negligence, says the teen had severe polytrauma including head, spine and chest injuries, and states doctors repeatedly advised amputation of the injured leg which the family declined consent for.
- Chief Minister Hemant Soren ordered a probe and a district three-member team visited the hospital, collected medical and billing records, and a postmortem was carried out at RIMS; officials say the inquiry is ongoing.
- The case highlights longstanding public tensions over private hospital billing, consent for major procedures and accountability, and could prompt tighter local scrutiny of care standards and billing practices once the inquiry report is released.