Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren had both bouquets and brickbats for Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Jharkhand’s state-run premier medical college and hospital in Ranchi, on Tuesday.
In two back to back tweets within an hour or so on Tuesday morning, Soren first asked RIMS to ensure that there would be no recurrence of an alleged negligence and then appreciated the corona warriors such as doctors for their "determination and dedication".
His first tweet was in response to an allegation made by one Anup Kumar Singh who had tweeted to the CM alleging that a Covid positive cancer patient who fell off his bed in the Covid ward of RIMS lay unattended for a long time.
The complainant had also attached a video clip from a new bulletin, telecast by a local channel, showing the patient was first lying and then continued to sit on the floor as no one helped him to get back to his bed.
Soren asked health minister Banna Gupta to look into the matter and also directed RIMS “to ensure such things do not recur”.
Just in about an hour, Soren tweeted once again to thank the corona warriors like doctors, paramedical staff, health workers, police personnel etc for their “determination and dedication”, adding a combined effort by all would help win the fight against corona.
Soren’s second tweet was in a response to a tweet from RIMS, informing a Covid positive patient who was also infected with Hepatitis-B was successfully operated upon for mending intenstinal perforation.
“Despite the risk of getting infected during the surgery, the procedure was done to save the life of the patient,” the RIMS tweet informed, adding the patient was stable, post surgery.
“The 40-year old male patient had come here two days ago with complaint of abdominal pain and was found to be infected with both Covid-19 and Hepatitis-B,” Dr Prabhat Kumar, head of the Covid task force at RIMS, informed when asked.
He added that the patient was diagnosed as suffering from gastrointestinal perforation and was operated upon on Tuesday morning.
“The medical team is also under tremendous pressure,” a doctor said when asked about the alleged negligence, adding he was not aware about what had actually happened with that particular patient who fell off his bed.
Ranchi is among the worst-hit districts and many patients from other districts are also reffered to RIMS that creates more pressure on the facility, he added.