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Living man declared dead, spends night in morgue in MP

Kashmir Times. Dated: 6/23/2019 12:54:01 AM

BHOPAL, June 22 (Agencies): In a case of gross medical negligence, a living man was declared dead by a doctor at a government hospital in Sagar district.
The doctor declared the elderly man dead on Thursday night. The incident came to light when police went there for the post-mortem the next day and surprisingly found him alive. He, however, died soon after.
DR RS Roshan, CMO, said, "The negligence done by the doctor will be investigated."
"We were intimated by the hospital that a person died there last night. However, when we went for the post-mortem in the morning he was found alive. The negligence is on the part of the doctor who was on duty last night. The patient, however, died later on," said the police officer.