A private hospital in Allahabad was sealed after a relative of Union Minister of State died on June 5, allegedly due to the negligence of doctors. Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Allahabad,  initiated action against the hospital following a complaint by the national president of the local political party. A probe committee has been set up to look into the matter. Barring the OPD of neurosurgeons, all services of the hospital have been suspended till further orders.

Politician took a patient, niece of Minister, to Private Hospital when she suddenly fell ill on June 2. Politician alleged that instead of admitting patient despite her critical condition, the doctors referred her to the well known Hospital of the medical college. A patient was kept at that hospital for a night under the supervision of a team of doctors led by the principal of the medical college. As her condition deteriorated,…