On Thursday, 28-year-old Akanksha Mavi passed away in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, following an almost hour-long ordeal in a broken hospital lift. Akanksha had just given birth at Capital Hospital, where the incident occurred. She was being transferred from the operating area to a room when the hospital elevator’s belt reportedly broke, trapping her neck in the lift gates. A neck fracture resulted from the serious harm caused by the mishap.
In a panic, Akanksha’s family begged for assistance, but surprisingly, hospital employees—including doctors—reportedly ran away. They cried out for help desperately, but nobody responded. Police subsequently verified that the broken belt was the cause of the lift malfunction, and that Akanksha’s death was partly caused by the significant delay in rescue efforts. When the police reached the hospital an hour later, they discovered Akanksha’s lifeless body. After being taken to a different private hospital, she was pronounced dead upon arrival.
The people and Akanksha’s family are outraged by the tragedy. Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code, which deals with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, has been used to submit a formal complaint against the hospital’s owner, a physician named Kavita, and other employees. The charges stem from claims that hospital employees were careless, neglected to help the woman, and handled the issue improperly. Ashok Kataria, the chief medical officer of Meerut, stated that the hospital’s maintenance records, namely those pertaining to the elevator, are being examined and that severe measures will be implemented if negligence is proven.
Following the incident, Akanksha’s family members damaged hospital property as a way to vent their resentment and aggravation. Thirteen additional patients were transferred to other hospitals by attendants amid the confusion. The heartache of having to explain to their older daughter, who had been anxiously awaiting a call from her mother, was felt by Akanksha’s husband, Ankush. He claimed they were at a loss for how to respond to her incessant enquiries concerning her mother.
Two hospital employees were also stranded in the lift during the incident, but they were rescued with only minor injuries, in addition to Akanksha’s untimely death. Investigations are ongoing, but no arrests have been made as of yet. This tragic incident has sparked worries about worker responsibility and hospital safety.
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HINDUSTAN TIMES
