Gaurav Tomar

Update (14:00, 25/3/2009): Gaurav’s condition is reported to be improving now. His blood platelets are increasing in number, and his liver is responding now. The doctors have stated that with sustained progress, he will be discharged from the ICU and shifted to the normal ward in two days time. His life is out of danger.

In the wake of tragic events of the last two days, other such incidents have come to the fore. Rohit’s death is not the only recent case of negligence by medical authorities of IIT Kharagpur. Another civil engineering student Gaurav Tomar is fighting for his life at the ICU of Apollo Hospital in Delhi. Gaurav, a fifth year student from LLR hall, was admitted to BC Roy hospital on 10th March on complaining of fever and weakness after where blood tests and was diagnosed with possible hepatitis and urinal tract infection. After five days of medication, his condition continued deteriorating when his friends decided to get him discharged and take him home. On being diagnosed with malaria that had progressed to advanced stage and had affected his kidneys and liver, he was immediately transferred to Apollo hospital in New Delhi, where he is presently on dialysis in the ICU. His blood dilated and the blood platelet count reduced to below 20,000. In an adult, a normal count is about 150,000 to 450,000 platelets per microliter (x 10–6/Liter) of blood. If platelet levels fall below 20,000 per microliter, spontaneous bleeding may occur and is considered a life-threatening risk.(Source)

Gaurav is also a victim of incorrect diagnosis and delayed referral.

“My son, Gaurav is in ICU due to irresponsible acts of doctors at the campus hospital. They were treating him for jaundice and hepatitis for a week while he was suffering from malaria. In the end, I asked him to come back to Meerut. Doctors at B.C. Roy Hospital did not give him any reference letter, neither did they arrange for an ambulance. When he reached Meerut, he was in a terrible state and we had no option but to rush to Apollo Hospital Delhi,” said Mr Jaibir Singh.

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