Patiala : Almost 23 months after the tragic incident that charred six infants to death at the Phototherapy Unit at Government Rajindra Hospital in 2009, the Punjab Government is yet to take any action against the guilty despite two inquiries, which proved to be a mere eyewash. Despite assurance in this regard by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, the guilty staffers are continuing at plum posts inside the hospital. While initially the government had ordered a judicial probe into the episode after the Medical Education Minister had resigned over the issue, the Home Department later ordered a criminal probe by the Police Department. The minister concerned, Tikshan Sud had later withdrawn his resignation. Sources confirmed that the criminal inquiry into the whole incident that resulted in the death of six infants on January 31, 2009, is almost complete with the inquiry conducted by a SP rank officer submitting the findings to Patiala SSP Gurpreet Singh Gill almost a couple of months back. An FIR is yet to be registered.
Speaking on the case SP (Operation) SS Boparai said he had visited the hospital and the findings were with the SSP. “Prima facie it appears to be particular mistakes in individual capacity and we are pressing to recommend a case under Section 304-A of the IPC,” said Boparai, who completed the inquiry. Earlier, the government had already received a report submitted by former Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge KC Gupta, who was appointed as a one-man inquiry committee by the Punjab CM. In his report KC Gupta had recommended to chargesheet four government employees, including two doctors and one-fourth class employee that included Government Medical College and Rajindra Hospital then Principal Jaswinder Pal Kaur Shergill and the head of Pediatrics Department Dr KK Lochan, who is still the head.
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