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The inquiry commission felt it was<br />

necessary to ask for clarification from<br />

Dr. Bhagat on this point. So Dr. Bhagat<br />

was summoned once more. Dr. Rajanish<br />

Acharya asked on behalf of the inquiry<br />

commission— “Dr. Bhagat, you’re a senior<br />

and responsible doctor, why did you<br />

issue such a certificate?”<br />

“Why, have I written anything wrong?”<br />

Dr. Bhagat smiled with such calm<br />

that all the members were astounded.<br />

“Are you sure, Dr. Bhagat that you’ve<br />

written right?”, Dr. Ramashish Dev could<br />

ask with difficulty.<br />

“Yes… yes! I’m hundred percent sure!”<br />

There was flint and edge in Dr. C.K.<br />

Bhagat’s voice. “Any more questions?”<br />

he asked.<br />

The inquiry commission didn’t ask<br />

any other question. The director of<br />

Cardiology and other doctors weren’t<br />

questioned because they didn’t have any<br />

direct connection with this incident and<br />

they didn’t come under the area of<br />

inquiry. The report which the three<br />

members prepared on the basis of<br />

evidences, circumstances and statement<br />

of witnesses was as such—<br />

Dr. Rajanish Acharya, Cardiologist<br />

Due to the (unavailability of patient’s<br />

blood biochemistry, Myocardial<br />

Infarction (Heart attack) is not proved.<br />

But the blood pressure and ECG report<br />

show the patient was very serious. His<br />

proper care and observation was<br />

necessary, which wasn’t taken. This is<br />

a plain case of irresponsibility and against<br />

medical ethics. In my view the reason<br />

of patient’s death is lack of proper<br />

treatment.<br />

Dr. Jeevkant Yadav, Neurologist<br />

The evidences, circumstances and<br />

background of the patient show patient<br />

Vijay Mitra had suffered serious “nervous<br />

break down” due to which his mind had<br />

stopped working. Such a patient is braindead<br />

but living physically. In such cases,<br />

a neurologist must be consulted<br />

immediately which was not done. In my<br />

view the reason of patient’s death is<br />

‘brain-death’.<br />

Dr. Ramashish Dev, Psychiatrist<br />

Since patient Vijay Mitra was a Naxal<br />

leader and activist, his being under<br />

terrible stress and strain is obvious. He<br />

was habituated to live in world of dreams<br />

and fantasies as such persons are prone<br />

to be. Actually it’s a type of mental<br />

disorder. At the height of such disorder<br />

either such patients suffer insanity or<br />

acute depression. On the basis of evidence,<br />

circumstances and statement of witnesses,<br />

my conclusion is that the reason of patient<br />

Vijay Mitra’s death is ‘stress and strain’.<br />

But the members of inquiry<br />

commission were unanimous in some<br />

respects. They were unanimous that on<br />

the night of first January it was Dr.<br />

Choudhary’s duty and he couldn’t reach<br />

on time due to traffic-jam, this is possible.<br />

But Dr. Bhagat shouldn’t have treated<br />

the patient in Dr. Choudhary’s duty. Dr.<br />

Bhagat not only took the responsibility<br />

April-June 2010 :: 125

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