Amethi hospital licence row: SP MLA joins protest; BJP envoy meets victim's kin

Samajwadi Party MLA Rakesh Pratap Singh on Saturday briefly joined the ongoing protest of employees and staff of Sanjay Gandhi Hospital here against the suspension of its licence over the death of a woman due to alleged negligence in her treatmentThe MLA from Gauriganj along with several village heads and some supporters reached the spot and participated in the protest for about an hourThe lawmaker told reporters that the action against the hospital has been taken out of malice and that any medical facility or institution should be kept away from politicsHe said I condemn this action and I also declare that I will participate in their fight until the employees of Sanjay Gandhi Hospital do not get justice and the hospital is not unlockedThe MLA met the district magistrate on Friday against suspension of the hospital licence and stopping of all servicesDuring the meeting Singh submitted a memorandum addressed to the Governor in which he warned of starting a mass movement in the entire district if the hospital services were not restored within seven daysAlso on Saturday BJP MP Varun Gandhi took a swipe at his own partys government in Uttar Pradesh over the suspension of the licence of the Sanjay Gandhi Hospital saying resentment against a name naam should not spoil the work kaam for lakhs of people The hospital is named after the father of Varun GandhiMeanwhile a Bharatiya Janata Party BJP delegation led by party leader and Amethi District Panchayat president Rajesh Agrahari visited Ram Shahpur village and met the family members of the woman who died at the hospital due to alleged negligence in treatmentThe district panchayat president handed over a cheque for Rs 1 lakh as relief to the family of Divya Shukla the deceased patient and said whatever happened to her is very sad and worrying Strict action should be taken against whoever is responsible for this Agrahari saidFollowing the death of the 22yearold patient the Uttar Pradesh health department suspended the hospitals licence last week and put a halt on its outpatient department and emergency services after a probe into the incident The hospital is run by the Delhibased Sanjay Gandhi Memorial TrustCongress leader Sonia Gandhi is the chairperson of the Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Trust which runs the Amethi Hospital while party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are its membersThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever