The family and friends of a 24-year-old woman who was administered a dye for conducting a CT Cerebral Venography (Plain and Contrast) scan at a private diagnostic centre in Dombivli, have alleged that she died due to a reaction from the dye. They have also claimed that no doctor was present at the time of the scan, only a technician was there and no antidote was given when there was a reaction to the dye. A forensic surgeon has also expressed his concerns that ‘cardio respiratory arrest’ has been given as a provisional reason for cause of death. He has said it cannot be the cause of death, as there needs to be some underlying reason that led to it.

Tejas Bajgowali, a Bachelor of Paramedical Technology (BPMT) from Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, who hailed from Gadchiroli, was employed at the same diagnostic centre in Dombivli where she underwent the scan on September 26. She had been complaining of a severe headache for the past 15 days. The CT-scan was suggested to her by a doctor at the JJ hospital, but instead of getting it done there, she preferred to get it done at the private diagnostic centre in Dombivli, where she worked.