Doctor booked for negligence

NAGPUR: Dr Mukesh Mishra of a Dhantoli-based private hospital has been booked for failing to inform police despite treating a victim of accident at his medical institute last week. Apart from Dr Mishra, owner of a private workshop, Ankush Jejani, too has been booked for causing death due to negligence.
It’s learnt Suresh Gedam, 61, was engaged as a manager at the workshop owned by Jejani at Ghat Road.Gedam, who was not provided mandatory helmet and belt, had been engaged in the work violating the safety norms. During the course of the work, Gedam is learnt to have suffered a fall from the height while speaking on the mobile phone on September 1. He was rushed to the hospital with injuries but declared dead in the course of treatment in the early hours of the following day.
The body of the victim was released to the kin without informing police, violating the norms laid down in the procedures of medico-legal cases. Police said no post-mortem could be performed on the body.
The matter came to fore after Gedam’s wife Shashi approached police. After a delay, offence of causing death due to negligence has been registered at Ganeshpeth police station.