Hospital Sends Man Who Complained Of Chest Pain To Get His Own Medicines; He Dies At Pharmacy Queue

A hospital in the national capital has landed into trouble after it sent a man to buy his own medicines, even as he was suffering from severe chest pain. The man, a former TV journalist, died while standing in the queue at a pharmacy.

The man, identified as Deepanshy Dubey, rushed to Hedgewar hospital, complaining of severe chest pain, said a DNA report. Following a preliminary medical examination, doctors attending to him asked him to bring medicines from a nearby pharmacy.

Dubey, who had asked one of his friends to meet him at the hospital, died after suffering a stroke while he was standing in a queue at the pharmacy. Dubey's family has decided to approach the Delhi Medical Council with regard to the issue.

“I am still in a state of shock. As soon as he called me, I rushed to the hospital because I knew of his heart condition. When I got there, three or four doctors were huddled over him, pumping his chest,” said his friend Anjuman Gusain.

“Some people at the spot, including a cop, told me that he fell while standing in the pharmacy queue. How could the hospital staff ask a patient to go and buy his own medicines?” he added.