A local court of Jodhpur has ordered to register FIR against the doctor who treated the deceased RAS officer Priyanka Bishnoi in Vasundhara Hospital.
Bishnoi succumbed to death on September 19 after the alleged carelessness in treatment at Vasundhara Hospital where she was admitted first for an abdomen surgery. Her conduction worsened due to post surgery complications. She was then referred to CIMS Ahmedabad where he died after struggling for life for 10 days.
Family of Bishnoi alleged negligence on part of Vasundhara Hospital and demanded action against hospital. They alleged that the treatment was not done properly.
“It was found that anaesthesia was administered in excess to her and her condition went serious due to excess bleeding. It was sheer negligence of hospital management,” said one of her family members.
Jodhpur Collector set up an enquiry committee
After receiving complaints against the hospital, Jodhpur collector Gaurav Agrawal had ordered for an enquiry into the treatment of the hospital.
The collector had asked principal of SN Medical College Bharti Saraswat to set up an enquiry and submit report within three days.
The principal has constituted a committee of five doctors including Dr Ranjana Desai from gynaecology department, Dr Indu Thawani from medicine, Dr Vijay Sharma from surgery, Dr Shubhkaran Khhichad from neurology and Dr Naveen Paliwal from anaesthesia department.
Who is Priyanka Bishnoi?
Priyanka Bishnoi is a 2019 batch RAS officer, serving as deputy commissioner at municipal corporation Jodhpur (North).
A native of Bikaner, she was a bright officer with unblemished service record. Out of five years of service, she served more than two years in Jodhpur in various capacities.
She served as assistant a collector in Jodhpur collectorate, deputy commissioner municipal corporation Jodhpur (North), registrar agriculture university and deputy director women and child development department.
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