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High drama at Apollo Hospital

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Foul play alleged in patient's death High drama was witnessed at the Apollo Hospital in Jubilee Hills with the family members of the deceased alleging that the victim's kidney is stolen

AGITATED LOT: Family members and classmates of Rahul Kumar, an engineering student who died in Apollo Hospital, agitating on the hospital premises in Hyderabad on Monday. — PHOTO: SATISH. H

HYDERABAD: Family members of a patient who died while undergoing treatment demonstrated for over four hours at the Apollo Hospital in Jubilee Hills on Monday alleging that his kidney had been stolen.

However, the victim's family members preferred not to lodge any complaint.

A third year engineering student, G. Rahul Kumar, 21, was admitted to the hospital on Sunday morning with pneumonia. His father Prakash Rao said that Kumar was normal till the early hours of Monday.

According to him, at 4.30 a.m., his son overheard two nurses talking about removing his kidney. "My doubts of kidney theft strengthened when they declared my son dead after an hour," he told reporters at the hospital.

The demonstration took a serious turn with 300 students of Karshak Engineering College, Uppal, joining the agitating family members. The police rushed additional forces to tackle any eventuality. Later, Kumar's family members urged the hospital management to pay compensation for the doctors' negligence but the latter turned down their demand. Finally, the victim's family members called off their demonstration saying they did not want autopsy of the body in the name of investigation and took the body to their village in Jadcherla of Mahbubnagar for cremation.

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