The family requested Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and PM Modi to help them.(Representational)
New Delhi: "Arvind Kejriwal ji, if you are watching this, please help us," said the daughter of a COVID-19 patient in Delhi, while moving into tears. The patient's wife and daughter have accused the administration of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital in the national capital of failing to provide him a doctor even when he was suffering from a high temperature.
The daughter, in a video posted on Twitter, said his father - a diabetes patient - wasn't even getting his meals on time.
The man was admitted to the LNJP hospital after he tested positive for the virus on April 16.
"He was admitted around 9 pm after a wait of almost two hours. He wasn't given any food for hours. He is a diabetes patient. Today we got a call from him informing us that he was suffering from a high fever. He told us that none of the hospital staff is taking care of him," said his daughter.
The family requested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help them.
"He was pleading us to take him to a private hospital as he hasn't been checked on by any doctor for the last two days," said the COVID-19 patient's wife.
The mother-daughter duo's plea for help got a response from Aam Aadmi Party MLA, Dilip Singh, who tweeted, "I will take care of it from here. You please don't worry now."
In another tweet, the legislator from Timarpur informed the family that a doctor has attended to the man.
Earlier, the nursing staff of the LNJP hospital had accused the hospital administration of not providing them with decent facilities like food and accommodation.
The hospital authorities, however, refuted the allegations, saying that the nursing staff are being well taken care of.
World
67,69,38,430Cases
62,55,71,965Active
4,44,81,893Recovered
68,84,572Deaths
Coronavirus has spread to 200 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 67,69,38,430 and 68,84,572 have died; 62,55,71,965 are active cases and 4,44,81,893 have recovered as on January 9, 2024 at 10:54 am.
India
4,50,19,214 475Cases
3,919 -83Active
4,44,81,893 552Recovered
5,33,402 6Deaths
In India, there are 4,50,19,214 confirmed cases including 5,33,402 deaths. The number of active cases is 3,919 and 4,44,81,893 have recovered as on January 9, 2024 at 8:00 am.
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