Nursing home just service provider to doctors, says Dr Pai

VASCO, JULY 30
Refuting the allegations that his nursing home had been negligent in the operation of the 16-year-old girl from Verna, who subsequently died at GMC Hospital, Pai Nursing Home Director Dr Shridhar Pai claimed that his nursing home merely provided facilities for doctors to operate on the girl.
It may be recalled that on Thursday, Raveena Rodrigues died under mysterious circumstances at the Goa Medical College Hospital in Bambolim, prompting family members to lodge a complaint with Vasco Police.
Speaking to media on Friday morning at his office in Vaddem-Vasco, Dr Pai said his nursing home is just a service provider to various doctors, who seek to admit their patients.
“Similarly, Raveena Rodrigues was admitted in my nursing home by a doctor for appendicitis. We provided our operation theatre, bed felicities, nurses, besides other facilities required in the hospital,” stated Dr Pai.
He denied that they were directly involved in the operation of the patient and reiterated that his nursing home had just provided facilities to operate the patient.
“The patient was diagnosed and assisted in the operation by the doctor, who had admitted her, while another doctor from outside had operated on her,” said Dr Pai.
He further informed that Raveena was admitted in Pai Nursing Home on July 3 and was there for six days.
“She was discharged after satisfactory results. However, subsequently after one day, she reported abdominal pain, vomiting and abdominal distension and after considering her health status, she was referred to GMC,” he said.
Vasco Police PI Braz Menezes informed that autopsy was conducted, but the report has been kept pending, as few reports are still awaited. Doctors, who performed autopsy, have claimed that there is evidence of septicemia.
“As per the government notification, we have asked the GMC dean to form a panel of doctors to conduct the postmortem since complainant has alleged that this case is due to medical negligence,” added PI Menezes.