Kolkata police quiz Apollo hospitals' pharmacy manager

A team of Kolkata olice on Saturday quizzed Apollo Gleneagles Hospital's General Manager of Pharmacy Sekhar Sharma in relation to the ongoing investigation into the hospital's alleged negligence in the treatment of a patient, police said.

"Sekhar Sharma, GM Pharmacy of the Apollo group was called by the investigating officers to the Phoolbagan Police Station on Saturday for interrogation," Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Vishal Garg said.

Earlier this week, Kolkata police also quizzed the group's Vice-President of HR T. Karunakar on relation to the same case.

Apollo Gleneagles is facing a police probe following the death of Sanjoy Roy, who was critically injured in a road accident.

Roy, a resident of Dankuni in Hooghly district, died on February 23 at the state-run SSKM Hospital after being shifted from Apollo.

Later, his relatives and friends accused Apollo of "inadequate treatment" even while raising a huge bill and refusing to allow him to be shifted to SSKM unless they paid up the full amount.

They alleged the hospital delayed his discharge and relented only after they submitted fixed deposit certificates.

A six-member Health Department team set up to probe the allegations against leading private city hospitals found "overall negligence" and other anomalies like improper billing, multiple charges and not following proper medical procedure during treatment.

Police have so far questioned a number of doctors and senior officials of the hospital, including the former Chief Executive Officer of the hospital group's eastern region Rupali Basu, who resigned after the incident.

--IANS

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