A three-member committee was formed on Monday to probe a widely shared video of an ‘unauthorised’ person allegedly suturing a patient at the emergency ward of Vadodara’s SSG Hospital even as the hospital medical superintendent termed the incident “unacceptable”.
SSG Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Ranjan Aiyer set up the three-member committee comprising Baroda Medical College Dean Dr Rupal Doshi, Orthopedics Associate Professor Dr Viswanath H Chavali and Resident Medical Officer incharge Dr Hitendra Chauhan to look into the matter and submit a report in three days. According to the hospital, the incident took place between 11pm on August 3 and midnight on August 4, when the ‘unauthorised’ person was allegedly “assisting trainee interns”.
Aiyer said, “A video has been brought to my notice and is also circulating on social media… We don’t know the exact time frame of the video. An unauthorised person wearing surgical gloves, holding needles and taking sutures on a patient can be seen in the video which seems to be from one of the emergency wards of SSG. A probe has been directed into the incident. According to primary investigation, this person was allegedly assisting the trainee interns.”
“We have directed the probe to find if this person had any authorisation, who gave him gloves and equipment? Who were the people watching him doing the sutures? Who was on duty that day?,” Aiyer said.“We have not received any complaint from the patient seen in the video… However, if an unauthorised person entered the emergency ward and administered the stitches on a patient, it is unacceptable. Strict action will be taken against all those responsible.” he said.
Aiyer said, “… if the video is recent, the information on who was on duty will be available. This is an educational medical college and we also train undergraduate students to take sutures.. So, we are investigating the matter.”
According to sources, the unauthorised person seen in the video has been alleged to be a private ambulance driver, however, there is no confirmation regarding the same.
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