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Ranga's death a case of 'wrong diagnosis'

Onkar Singh in New Delhi

Union Health Minister C P Thakur Wednesday said Rangarajan Kumaramanglam's death was tragic case of "wrong diagnosis."

An expert team of seven doctors, which was asked to go into Kumaramangalam's death, especially the treatment he took at the Appolo Hospital, submitted its report on Monday.

The team, led by Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr C P Singh, comprised Dr Mammen Chandy, Dr Lt. General. (retired) D Raghunath, Dr K R Sethuraman, Dr F Chandra Sekaran and Dr P S Gupta.

When asked if "wrong diganosis" was the conclusion drawn by the expert panel, Dr Thakur said he had not read the report as yet and would not like to comment.

Dr C P Singh too refused to divulge the details of the reports. "The report is with the government, you can ask the government," he said.

Appolo Hospital's administrator, Dr Major General (retired) B M Aiyanna, said there was no question of a wrong diagnosis as Kumaramangalam was in the care of the hospital's best doctors. "We have no doubt that he was suffering from some kind of infection, and he was treated for that," he said.

He added that Kumaramangalam did not come back to the hospital even though the doctors had asked him to report back.

Dr Aiyanna said there was a long gap between Kumaramangalam discharge from Appolo and his admission to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, where he breathed his last on August 23. "We don't know what happened during this period," he said.

Thakur said his ministry has the option of cancelling Apollo Hospital's licence if it was found guilty of negligence.

Mohan Kumaramangalam, son of the former Union minister, when contacted said that the family was not interested in taking any action against Appolo Hospital.

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