BOY DIED DUE TO TRANSFERRING TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL

Safdarjung Hospital condemns transfer of trauma patients by others to cut load

Rahul Rai (27) is a trauma patient in urgent need of surgery. He went to AIIMS, but a doctor there referred him to the neighbouring Safdarjung Hospital. After facing an off-putting response from the institute earlier, Rahul's cash-strapped family moved him to a private hospital nearby for swift treatment.

But he had to be finally shifted to Safdarjung again, where he is striving to get proper care. Safdarjung Hospital authorities blame the "unwanted dumping of trauma patients" by other city-based medical centres, including the country's premier healthcare institution - AIIMS.