The Criminal Investigation Department CID has started an investigation into the death of a woman, allegedly due to the application of fungus-infected saline at the Midnapore Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal. Yesterday the government of West Bengal handed over the case to the CID.
A separate departmental investigation has also been ordered. Today the CID team interrogated the principal and medical superintendent cum vice principal MSVP of the medical college. They also interrogated other medical staff.
There are suspicions that the condition of the women deteriorated after they were administered expired intravenous fluid.
The directions came after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a meeting with Chief Secretary Manoj Pant and senior officers of the Health Department. In a report, a 13-member expert committee has concluded that there was ‘serious negligence’ on the part of the staff on duty last Friday.