The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed All India Institute of Medical Science to furnish medical records of the 18-year-old accident victim, Sunil, whose sister had complained that the hospital forcibly discharged him.
HC asks for affidavit
AIIMS had submitted before the court that Sunil was fit to be discharged and that it was their standard procedure to discharge a patient who just needs basic medical care. At this, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva called for Sunil's medical records and directed AIIMS to state on affidavit that Sunil is fit to be discharged.
Sunil's sister Renu had come to court pleading that her brother needs a bed but AIIMS had discharged him saying beds are needed for other patients in the queue. Renu's counsel Pritika Kumar told the court that sunil is not fit to be disharged and his family cannot provide advanced medical care in their one-room accommodation.
Sunil Singh, a resident of south Delhi's R.K Puram, was admitted to the AIIMS trauma centre on February 21 with allegedly severe head injuries after his bike collided with a truck.
‘Pressured by AIIMS’
He allegedly had multiple convulsions, hallucinations and had a feeding tube and urine catheter attached when his treatment was stopped all of a sudden. He was then allegedly forcibly discharged by AIIMS and his family was pressured to take him home.
Sunil was put on a stretcher and left in the lobby of the trauma centre. It was only after Sunil's sister Renu, a house help, approached the high court and the judge restrained AIIMS from forcibly discharging him that he was readmitted and treatment resumed.
Sunil's father is a contract labourer and his mother works as a help.
