KURSEONG, Feb. 4: Demanding security, the employees of the Kurseong Sub-Divisional Hospital observed cease-work for more than two hours in the morning. According to them, the friends and relatives of an accident victim had misbehaved with them and the doctors last night.
A Maruti van fell into a 6,000 feet deep gorge near Phatak Dara last night.
The DGHC cultural department, Kurseong branch, assistant director, Mr Gautam Lama, the Darjeeling Polytechnic Institute, lecturer, Mr Sushil Khaiba and the driver, Binod Pradhan, were seriously injured in the accident.
The hospital authorities referred them to the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) after administering first aid, but Mr Khaiba died at a private nursing home in Siliguri.
This led to an altercation between the hospital authorities and the relatives of the deceased.
It was alleged that last night the accident victims had to wait for a long time for treatment as the doctor and other staff were not present in the emergency room.
The Kurseong SDMO clarified today that the doctor and nurses were in their respective rooms. So it took them some time to attend to the injured victims.
A senior nurse, Ms Sushma Tamang, said that some well known senior citizens who accompanied the victims misbehaved with the hospital staff and the doctors.
The agitators withdrew the stir around 11:30 a.m., after the Kurseong SDMO, Mr Puran Sharma, assured them he would submit a deputation to the Kurseong SDO about last night's incident.
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