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Kanpur Hospital Suspends 3 After Living Patient Was Declared Dead on Paper

A three-member panel has 48 hours to explain how a paperwork mix-up labeled the wrong man deceased.

Overview

  • Police arriving to move a body for post-mortem found patient Vinod breathing, revealing the mistake.
  • Principal Sanjay Kala confirmed the suspension of a junior resident doctor, a nurse, and one more staff member pending inquiry.
  • The inquiry committee of Richa Agarwal, Saurabh Agarwal, and Rakesh Singh was ordered to submit findings within 48 hours.
  • Officials said a junior doctor completed the wrong patient’s file, after which records were corrected and resent to police.
  • Vinod remains under treatment and stable, while the unidentified elderly man who died has been sent for post-mortem.