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Bhubaneswar man dies after PCR team takes him to hospital
Rajesh Mohanty died at Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar on Friday after a police PCR team found him in an intoxicated condition in the Sabarasahi area, OdishaTV reports. The team was taking him…
The Story in Brief
Rajesh Mohanty died at Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar on Friday after a police PCR team found him in an intoxicated condition in the Sabarasahi area, OdishaTV reports. The team was taking him to a police station when he complained of feeling unwell, after which personnel took him to the hospital. Doctors declared him dead after admission.
Mohanty’s family has alleged that police negligence and the decision to take him to the station first contributed to his death. They have sought accountability over the handling of his condition. Commissionerate Police rejected the allegations as baseless. Details of the death, including the medical cause and the sequence of events, remain awaited.
The Indian Opinion
The easy narratives are already clear: one side may treat the death as proof of police indifference, while the other may dismiss the family’s concerns outright. Neither is enough. The key issue is whether PCR staff followed a clear medical-response protocol for a distressed person and how quickly treatment began. A post-mortem report, hospital records and an independent inquiry should establish that sequence. Will those records be made public?
Source: odishatv.in
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