New Delhi:
His family claimed that the prime minister's visit to Chandigarh caused his death, but hospital authorities claim that's not true.
Sumit Prakash Verma was being taken by ambulance to the hospital at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research or PGIMER. The Prime Minister was attending a function here, and Varma's family accused the PM's security of holding up their ambulance for an hour. Varma's wife insisted that he was alive when they arrived at the hospital.
However, a spokesperson for the hospital (the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research or PGIMER) denies this, saying, "The patient was brought dead by his attendants to PGI medical Emergency at about 12 o clock with a history of end stage kidney disease. Today, from 10 am to 1 pm, 40 new patients have been examined in the emergency medical OPD, and all the medical facilities in PGI have been functioning normally. During VIP visits we keep our facilities open...our emergency gate was open."
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has added, "The PMO is saddened at the death of a patient at the PGIMER Chandigarh today during the visit of Prime Minister. A full report has been asked for."